Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe (1789)
Bewick, John, 1760-1795, Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, Hawkins, John Sidney, 1758-1842, Hodgson, Thomas, fl. 1785-1817 · London : Printed for T. Hodgson ... · leaf 43
Th* Almighty Father did expelMan from his bleffed Scat; And to fuftain his Life decreedBy his own proper Sweat: Then, firit, into the empty World,Pale Death an Entrance gaind ; And the fame Powr oer mortal Men,Has ever fince maintaind.B 2 The [ 4 ] CURSE. Curfed is the Ground for thy Sake ; in… … Cursd be the Earth for thy Offence, And barren be the Ground,And full of Toil and Labour great, Thy anxious Life be found; Till Death thy lifelefs Limbs replaceIn Earths cold narrow Womb, Then Duft, which at the firft thou wert,Thou quickly fhalt become, C 5 3 Woey Woe, Woe to the Inhabiters of the…
Dance of death
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