. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . LONDON;.T. ANDHEWS_1(;7, NEW BOND .-^THEET. DEATHS DOINGS: CONSISTING OF NUMEROUS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS, IN Vtv^t anlr ilro^e, THE FRIENDLY CONTRIBUTIONS OF VARIOUS WRITERS ; PRINCIPALLY INTENDED AS ILLUSTRATIONS OT THIRTY COPPER-PLATES, DESIGNED AND ETCHED BY R. DAGLEY, AUTHOR OF SELECT GEMS FROM THE ANTIQUE, & II. SECOND EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS. LONDON: J. ANDREWS, 167, NEW BOND STR
. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . LONDON;.T. ANDHEWS_1(;7, NEW BOND .-^THEET. DEATHS DOINGS: CONSISTING OF NUMEROUS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS, IN Vtv^t anlr ilro^e, THE FRIENDLY CONTRIBUTIONS OF VARIOUS WRITERS ; PRINCIPALLY INTENDED AS ILLUSTRATIONS OT THIRTY COPPER-PLATES, DESIGNED AND ETCHED BY R. DAGLEY, AUTHOR OF SELECT GEMS FROM THE ANTIQUE, & II. SECOND EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS. LONDON: J. ANDREWS, 167, NEW BOND STREET ; AND W. COLE,10, NEWGATE STREET. THE LAg;T BOTTLE. 225 THE LAST BOTTLE. An if it be the last bottle, Death is quite wel-come ; for then life hath run to the very dregs andlees, and there is nothing more in it which can becalled enjoyment. Ah, whither have ye sped, ye jo-vial Hours, which on bright-winged glasses, far dif-ferent from yon sandy remembrancer, floated awayso blissfully; as the bird poised high in air, thetrouble of the ascent over, glides without effort ormotion, through the brilliant pleasures of yieldingspace. How ye sparkled and ran on, like gay crea-tures of the element gifted with more than magicpowers. Beautiful and slight ephemera, fragile asyou seemed, what mighty loads of cares did youeasily bear off in your aerial flight! Ponderousdebts which might weigh nations down ; the griefs ofmany loves, enough to drown a world; the false-hoods of friends, the malice of enemies; anxieties,fears, troubles, sorrows—all vanished as drinking yeproceeded in your mystic dance! I picture ye in my Q 391727 226
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