smal pace across the Green,And by his side, to help him on,Appeard a busy Skeleton.Slow was their march, and it was bentTo the Sepulchral Monument.Death, for a moment, steppd before.And quickly opd the creaking Door.The threshold passd, the Door was closd,And there Sir Giltspur soon reposd;—There… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH I47 THE COURTSHIP Belinda, what few Women prove,Was a Philosopher in Love:She saw that, in the world, the PassionWas something like a dress in fashion;Not made for any lasting uses,But to put on as Fancy chuses ;And to put off with equal easeAs the prevailing whimsies…
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