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 327
beating rain;The fierce winds blew an hurricane;The thunder rolld,—dark was the night,—The Horses, seizd with sudden fright, 248 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH No more obey the firm command Of the stern Coachmans steady hand; Then madly quit the beaten road, And plunge into the rivers flood. Where the… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 249 TIME, DEATH, AND ETERNITYA NIGHT THOUGHT HAIL, awful darkness ! that with pitchy robe,Borrowed of Chaos, dost, awhile, enfoldThe habitable world, and sea and sky ;Thee I now woo, at solemn midnight HourThat listens to the voice of my complaint.Oft it is heard, when on the…
Dance of death
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