Original manuscript of "Elegy on the Death of a Lady" by William Mason

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS4/1839
  • Former Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/653.1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1762
  • Physical Description
    • 3 sheets

Scope and Content

This copy is titled: "Elegy on the Death of a Lady, written in the Year 1760, sunt aliquid manes, Lethum non omnia finit. propertius" [there are some ghosts. Let that not end all. more quickly]. Written in Mason's hand and with some word alterations and annotations made to the text in his hand and a different pen. He also adds an annotation referencing Poesies Diverses printed at Berlin 1760. The poem begins: "Ah mark the beating of you midnight bell," and ends: "Shall be by all or sufferd or enjoyd".

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright held by Chatsworth House Trust.

Location of Originals

A copy of the published the poem can be found here: Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive, 06 Jan 2022 (v1.6 (Winter 2021/22)). Web. 16 May 2022. https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/o5089-w0010.shtml