ery few, would lendA kind attention to the end:But ere they reachd the fiftieth line,Would the dull, tedious work resign.Tis how men live, not how they die,That stirs up Curiosity.Our thoughts, our spirits we conveneTo look upon the living scene.The Actor comes, he plays his part,With Comic or with… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 85 For laurelld Heroes and the brave,Glory oft digs a distant grave,Deep in the blood-besprinkled plain,Coverd with thousands of the slain,Whose ghastly, mangled forms inviteThe Vulture to delay his flight.—The scepterd Monarch yields his crownIn state, upon a bed of down…
Dance of death
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