. The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson;. r twin-brother Care,A life prolongd to mortals spare,You say, I wrinkle oer the cheek,And make the pate so smooth and sleek :But that is Wisdoms garb, and woreBy Nestor sage in days of yore :Nay, as your ghastly eyes may see,Tis worn, you scraggy Shape, by Sickness hastens the declineOf fading life, if pains combine,They are your ministers—not lead by slow and mild decay:Tis you that interrupt the force the youth in vernal bloom,To seek the Winter of the tomb. ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH II Life left to me, t
. The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson;. r twin-brother Care,A life prolongd to mortals spare,You say, I wrinkle oer the cheek,And make the pate so smooth and sleek :But that is Wisdoms garb, and woreBy Nestor sage in days of yore :Nay, as your ghastly eyes may see,Tis worn, you scraggy Shape, by Sickness hastens the declineOf fading life, if pains combine,They are your ministers—not lead by slow and mild decay:Tis you that interrupt the force the youth in vernal bloom,To seek the Winter of the tomb. ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH II Life left to me, through evry stage, Would pass from infancy to age: Its flame—the Climacteric past, Would in the Socket sink at last; But know, our final hour will come, And WE shall share a common doom : When, in the worlds last hurricane, My pennons broad I flap in vain; And you shall ghastly grin and shiver, With not an arrow in your quiver; Then mortals, mortal then no more, Shall to empyreal regions soar: Then TIME shall end—and DEATH shall die,And MAN quaff ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 13 THE ANTIQUARYS LAST WILLAND TESTAMENT —{ Well, I am going, (JFungug said,)As Lawyer §12 approachd the bed :I m drawing to the close of life,And, as I ve neither child nor wife,I am just turning oer my will,And wish to add a codicil;For I have sundry treasures rare,Which are not yet recorded there;And, as I soon shall cease to breathe,I wish some relics to bequeath,To those who will their value ownWhen life is past, and I am gone:So take your pen, prepare to write;And, as I dictate—you indite.— To my old friend §ir (ZEtomunU ©lurnfe,I leave the Eighth King Harrys Thumb :Tis well preservd;—in gold tis set,At top and bottom tippd with Jet; 14 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH And I can prove, by word and date,And other documents of weight,That eTromtoell, for he oft abusd it,As a Tobacco-stopper usd it.—And, as my friend shall thus employThis little, antique curious Toy;As he its form must d
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