ets-doux of Fate, And askd her Lot; when Death appeard Behind the Desk, and strait upreard His fleshless hand, in which was seen A word of most terrific mien, To which she trembling turnd her head, Twas Blank the pale Adventrer read. * Then I must go, for all is gone, But where,—an outcast and… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 201 THE PRISONER DISCHARGED Wheneer the fatal Arrow fliesAnd some high-favourd Mortal dies ;Wheneer we hang oer Beautys bier;Sorrow awakes the flowing tear.Tis not in Nature thus to partFrom those whose virtues warmd our heart ;From those whose charms were formed to moveThe…
Dance of death
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