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The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson; (1903)

Combe, William, 1742-1823, Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · London, Methuen and co. · leaf 104

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EATH They see Death sitting at the Helm;And, as the mountain seas oerwhelm,Amid the Storms tremendous roar,One shriek they give—and all is oer. The Sailors formd the storm to brave.And calls the Sea the Seamans grave:But Beauty sure might hope to sleepWhere Graces mourn, and Muses weep;And claim,… … oo a z -J2; - ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 75 THE WINDING UP OF THE CLOCK Time has been calld the Thief of Youth,And so it may with moral Truth:But tis alike the Thief of Age,And jogs us on from Stage to Stage:As in its course it passes on,It steals a bit from evry one:Leaving each still the less…

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