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 72
None of thofe Honours which the Great And Mighty now attend,When Death fhall caft them from their Seat, Shall to the Grave defcend. No Enflgns of a glorious Race They thither fhall convey,Nor Titles high; for in the Grave They nought but Dud fhall be* C 33 3 The O L D . M A N. My Breath is corrupt,… … Exhaufted Strength my feeble NervesNo longer now does brace, And, like a Rivers rapid Stream,My Life flows out apace. The Time, which no One can recall,How fwift a Flight has taen ! And nothing but the filent TombFor me does now remain. Tird of the Ills of a long Life, And fick of all its Cares,For…
Dance of death
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