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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 49

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d seed that acre sowd;He, who to the Earth has givenA Tree, to rear its boughs to Heaven,And, with a chaste and loving wife.Gives but a single babe to life :Has, as tis said, by one whose nameStands foremost on the roll of Fame,Performd, in philosophic view,All that a Mans requird to do:This done,… … U Si -^-P o ^.^ id ^ o g g -p^ pq ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 33 That Science which pursues her way,Through gloomy night, or glaring day^Creations evry work explores;Digs deep for all the hidden storesWhich the Earths darksome caves contain,And dives within the watry main;Expatiates through the fields…

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