The English Dance of Death from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Doctor Syntax" [i.e. William Combe] |
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The Spectre calmly turn'd around,
And saw his victim on the ground:
Then grinn'd a smile, and wav'd his dart:—
'Tis done, he said,—and I depart.
The door gap'd wide, as he withdrew;—
When the Bird shriek'd, and with him flew.
And saw his victim on the ground:
Then grinn'd a smile, and wav'd his dart:—
'Tis done, he said,—and I depart.
The door gap'd wide, as he withdrew;—
When the Bird shriek'd, and with him flew.
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