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 319
Dinner did his pleasure wait; When he would gobble Venson down, Long after all his teeth were gone. At the last Feast he eer enjoyd,And when his taste should have been cloyd,* Where is my favrite dish, he cried,c Let some one place it by my side.DEATH heard his call and soon obeyd,And by his side… … 23 o r c ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 243 THE LAST STAGE THE course through which our Life is past,From our first moments to our last,Has been describd in various forms :The rivers calm, the oceans storms;The tranquil path, the beaten road,By the great bulk of mortals trod.Some in the wherry glide…
Dance of death
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