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Title: Epitaph on Mrs Mason at Bristol
Author: Mason, William
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Epitaph on Maria or Mary Mason, extolling her beauty and virtue, suggesting that her life and premature death can be used as an example to others to lead godly lives. Followed by "Vid Pag. 209" [another poem by William Mason]
Title: On Mrs Tatton. In the Churchyard of Withenshaw in Cheshire.
Author: Mason, William
Attribution: Mr Mason
Date(s): 177-?
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Epitaph on Mrs Tatton, in which the author laments the death of his married daughter and more generally the impossibility of earthly happiness
Title: Ode to the Honourable William Pitt [followed by Greek epigraph from Pindar]
Author: Mason, William
Attribution: William Mason, M.A.
Date(s): 1782 (at end)
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Ode entreating William Pitt the Younger to heed the example of his father, and in his governance of Britain to be 'the people's friend'. With annotations in the lower margins. At end: 'Aston, May 11th, 1782' and 'Vid. Pag. 260' (another poem by
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Title: On Lady Coventry
Author: Mason, William
Attribution: Mr Mason
Date(s): 177-?
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Lament on the death of Lady Coventry, praising her virtues, and reflecting on the transience of all things human.
Title: An Epitaph upon Mrs Mason, who died at the Hot-Wells, Bristol; written by her Husband the Reverend William Mason, Author of 'Elfrida and Caractacus'
Author: Mason, William
Attribution: William Mason
Date(s): 1767 (Crum)
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Epitaph on Maria or Mary Mason, extolling her beauty and virtue