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 304
rot,Did not their ever anxious eyesPierce into all obscurities,And thus unveil them once againFor modern Learning to explain.These Sages are oft known to gropeUpon a rugged Mountains top,And dig among the caverns deep,Where wrecks of former ages sleep ;While from the Castles crumbling towers,Or… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 233 —But sometimes I have heard it said,They love to poke among the dead;And that these Antiquaries craveA Permit to invade the Grave. Once on a time, the story goes, (My verse repeats whats writ in prose), A curious wish their fancies tickled To know how Royal Folk were…
Dance of death
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