d at length to yield the chace; While Harlequin, each danger past, Enjoys his Columbine at last. Thus may Deaths image aid delightMid the gay scenry of the night:But, in the Pantomime of years,Tis serious all, when Death appears.For then no grin can Pierrot save;He finds the trap a real grave;Old… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 213 THE HORSE RACE I own the Simile is trite,But then it is correctly right;For evry learned Critic knowsThat on all-fours it glibly goes,When the ever-varying strifeThat gives activity to Life,Is in its proper time and place,Compard to what is calld a Race.For when we see…
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