Restoration & Augustan

William Mason

1725–1797


William Mason was an English clergyman and poet, friend and biographer of Thomas Gray, and author of the tragedies Elfrida and Caractacus and the long poem The English Garden.

Gilfillan prints his epitaph on his wife and his satire An Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers.

  1. Epitaph on Mrs Mason, in the Cathedral of Bristol
  2. An Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers, Knight, Comptroller-General of his Majesty's Works, Etc
  3. Ode to Mr. Pinchbeck, upon His Newly Invented Patent Candle-Snuffers
  4. King Stephen's Watch: A Tale, Founded on Fact
  5. Anniversary, February 23, 1795

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