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EPITAPH ON MRS. MASON by THOMAS GRAY

Poet Analysis

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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