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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 329

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nd, or some are drownd.Does not the foul and foetid breathOf some disease, cause daily death ?And who, on Earths vast space can tellThe Spot where Danger does not dwell ?The very Elements, that tendTo give us Life, produce our end.Death is not only here and there,His fearful power is every where.He… … GO V — D 6 m ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 247 He calls obedient to his power,Each pastime of the wintry hour;Whether we seek the painted dome,Or are invited forth to roam,When the earth is fast bound in frost,And evry stream in ice is lost.Should then the fatal Shape inclineTo glide along the…

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