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Title: The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson;
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Combe, William, 1742-1823 Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Subjects: Dance of death
Publisher: London, Methuen and co.
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Duke University Libraries

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l of Fate. Farewell, (he cried) my dearest dear!— 1 As I no more shall see you here, To my fond wish it may be given, 1 That we shall meet again in Heaven; 1 And since your daily clamours cease, 1 On earth I hope to live in peace.— DEATH, far away, my cares hath carried.— Molly) to-morrow we111 be married? 58 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH THE GLUTTON Among those vices which the LawDoes not controul or keep in awe,Which look not to the grave intentOf any Act of Parliament;Are subject to no other ruleThan what is taught in Reasons school;But, straying from her general plan,Degrade the character of Man;Among them all, who can descryA vice more mean than Gluttony ?Of any groveling slave of sense,Not one can claim so small pretenceTo that indulgence which the wiseAllow to human frailties,As the inglorious, beastly sinner,Whose only object is—a dinner.The Miser, who heaps up his store,May prove a Treasurer for the poor;And, by his avarice, prepareThe funds by which his genrous heir im^^Tra
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ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 59 Can, with unbounded grace, impart The kindness of a feeling heart. —The thoughtless, but the jovial souls, Who pleasure find in flowing bowls, Enjoy the day, or pass the nights In Bacchanalian delights :— Though their excesses do not give The happiness for which we live: Yet, round their table mirth prevails, And Humour laughs, though Reason fails. Scourge me the man who dares to sayThe belly claims superior sway,And, in the various scale of sense,Can boast a fair pre-eminence;Whose pleasure lies in luscious meats,And reasons only while he eats;On whom the subject never pallsOf poultrers shops and butchers stalls;Who scents no odours so bewitching,As savry steams from well-fed kitchen;Who does with real revrence lookOn the perfections of a Cook;Whose gloating eyes view every dish,Of boild, and roast, of soup and fish, 60 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH Of callipash and fattend haunch,Till he has filFd his bloated paunch;And then the rich ragouts restoreThe stomach

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