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 46
od seed that acre sowd;He, who to the Earth has givenA Tree, to rear its boughs to Heaven,And, with a chaste and loving wife,Gives but a single babe to life:Has, as tis said, by one whose nameStands foremost on the roll of Fame,Performd, in philosophic view,All that a Mans requird to do :This done,… … £NGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 33 That Science which pursues her way,Through gloomy night, or glaring day,Creations evry work explores \Digs deep for all the hidden storesWhich the Earths darksome caves contain,And dives within the watry main;Expatiates through the fields of air,And sees the storms…
Dance of death
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