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 245
many more. 188 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH But he has met a sudden Fate,Near Rufus Hall wide opning gate.A Hackney Chariot waited there,To take him home to Bloomstfry Square,DEATH mounts the Box and plies the thong,The angry horses dart along:—The wheels a Paviours barrow meet,Brim full of stones to… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 189 THE FORTUNE TELLER IT has been said, that Man, by Nature,Is but a superstitious Creature.If I err not, twas Burkes opinion,And he may seem to claim dominion,As a Philosopher and Sage,In this illuminated age,Which his superior mind adornd,And through whose years he will be…
Dance of death
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