on rot,Did not their ever anxious eyesPierce into all obscurities.And thus unveil them once againFor modern Learning to explain.These Sages.are oft known to gropeUpon a rugged Mountains top,And dig among the caverns deep.Where wrecks of former ages sleep ;While from the Castles crumbling towers.Or… … < ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 233 —But sometimes I have heard it said,They love to poke among the dead;And that these Antiquaries craveA Permit to invade the Grave. Once on a time, the story goes, (My verse repeats whats writ in prose), A curious wish their fancies tickled To know how Royal Folk were…
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