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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Epitaph on <abbr epub:type="z3998:name-title">Mrs.</abbr> Mason
by Thomas Gray
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