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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 95

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nThe troubles which they cant explain;And, when escapd from InfancyTheir growing childhood is not freeFrom numrous evils that attendLifes passage onward to its end.What pains and anguish might we nameThat daily threat the human Frame!What various casualties awaitLifes active or inactive state !What… … <v ^^^ m ro CD ^ ^- 03 CD.p3 M H <1 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 69 Then comes frail Youths incautious hour,And Passions overwhelming power,To fill with tears a parents eyeOr wring his heart with agony:—When no grave counsels will controulTh impetuous sallies of the soul;When no kind warnings will…

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