The english dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson. With metrical illus. by the author of "Doctor Syntaz" (1903)
Combe, William, 1742-1823, Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 (illus.) · New York Appleton · leaf 226
f you know him well,And He the real Truth will tell,Whats the complaint or the DiseaseThat brings the largest heap of Fees :He 11 tell you Folly is the MineThat feeds the Sons of Medicine.Intemperance, in whatever wayIt doth its various forms display,Whether, in Bacchanalian Hours,It overcomes the… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 175 We may forebode the coming ill That calls for Potion or for Pill. Is there a form in which excess Can minister to Happiness ? No, tis, alas, a source of pain, Of pale Disease, and all its train. If the repeated draughts you seek Which burn the palm and flush the cheek; If…
Dance of death
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