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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 111

An illustration from The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson;, 1903, leaf 111 — ugh passing Lifes uncertain day ? Ambition will at once exclaim,Raise me to station and to name:Give me Power and give me State,Content I 11 leave the rest to fate.Pale Avarice, with grasping hand,Will quick reply,—let me commandThe fountain from whence riches flow:No other joy I seek to know. Call… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 75 Thus let me live till life is oer,Pleasure proclaims,—I ask no more. How vain, how impotent the planThat oft is formd by thoughtless man,His transient, fickle hours to bless,With a false dream of happiness !—If pain assaults the splendid throne,Does not the scepterd…

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