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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON MRS. MASON, by THOMAS GRAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die
Last Line: And bids the pure in heart behold their god.
Subject(s): Death; Mason, William (1724-1797); Dead, The
First Line: Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die
Last Line: And bids the pure in heart behold their god.
Subject(s): Death; Mason, William (1724-1797); Dead, The
TELL them, though 'tis an awful thing to die,
('Twas e'en to thee) yet the dread path once trod,
Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high,
And bids the pure in heart behold their God.
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