Death's doings; consisting of numerous original compositions, in prose and verse, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of twenty four plates, designed and etched by R. Dagley / [Richard Dagley].

  • Richard Dagley
Date:
1826
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Death's doings; consisting of numerous original compositions, in prose and verse, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of twenty four plates, designed and etched by R. Dagley / [Richard Dagley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Ay, ay! quo’ he, an’ shook his head, It’s e’en a lang, lang time indeed • Sin’ I began to nick the thread, An’ choke the breath: Folk maun do something for their bread, An’ so maun Death. Sax thousand years are near hand fled Sin I was to the hutching bred, An’ mony a scheme in vain’s been laid, To stap or scar me.” Burns. “ Death came dryvyng after, and all to dust pushed Kings and kaysers, knightes and popes ; Many a lovely lady, and lemman of knightes, Swoned and swelted for sorrowe of Death’s dyntes.” Vision of Pierce Plowman, 1350.
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