THE DANCE OF DEATH. PLATE XIV.THE ABBESS. Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive. Eccles. iv. 2. Death... Show more
THE DANCE OF DEATH. PLATE XIV.THE ABBESS. Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive. Eccles. iv. 2. Death ludicrously hooded with several flowing plumes,, and robed in a kind of gown, carries out of her convent an Abbess, whom he is dragging with all his might by her scapulary. The reverend Mother with regret is leaving life and the honours she enjoys; and expresses, by the alteration of her features and by her cries, the fright that Death has produced in her soul. Behind her, under the gate of the convent, appears a young Nun, strangely agitated with terror and grief. PLANCHE XIV.I/ABBESSE. La Mort ridiculement coiffee de diverses plumes flottantes, & vetue d'une espece de mante, emmene hors de son couvent une Abbesse qu'elle, tire de toutes ses forces par son scapulaire. I^a revc-rendissime Mere quitte a regret la vie & les hon-neurs dont elle jouit, & exprime par Palte*ration de ses traits & par ses cris, Peffroi que la Mort a jete dans son ame. On voit derriere elle, sous la porte de Tabbaye, une jeune Nonne, vivement agitee par lacrainte &par la douleur.
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THE DANCE OF DEATH. 49 PLATE XV.THE FRIAR PROVISOR. And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Psalm cvi. 10. ... Show more
THE DANCE OF DEATH. 49 PLATE XV.THE FRIAR PROVISOR. And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Psalm cvi. 10. As he is just stepping into his convent,, with his Christmas-box and wallet, Death stops him at the door; and deaf to his cries, as well as regardless of the fright he throws him into, drags him with all his might by the cloak, and renders all the good Friar's attempts to disengage himself ineffectual. PLANCHE XV.LE FRERE QUETEUR. Pret a rentrerdans son couvent avec sa tire-lire & sa besace, la Mort l'arrete a la porte, & toute aussi sourde a ses cris, qu'insensible a l'ef-froi qu'elle lui cause, elle le tire de toutes ses forces par son capuchon, & rend impuissans les efforts du bon Frere pour se derober de ses mains.
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THE DANCE OF DEATH. PLATE XVI.THE CANONESS. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not into the way of evil men. . Pitov.... Show more
THE DANCE OF DEATH. PLATE XVI.THE CANONESS. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not into the way of evil men. . Pitov. iv. 14. There appears in this voung and beautiful recluse, a striking mixture oi' gallantry and devotion. On her knees before a little altar, with her rosary in her hand, she is amorously listening to the songs which a young man, seated on a bed, addresses to her, accompanying them with his lute. Death comes to put out the tapers burning on the altar, and to change into sadness the pleasures of this conversation. PLANCHE XVI.LA CHANOINESSE. L'on voit dans cette jeune & belle recluse un melange frappant de galanterie & de devotion. Agenouillee devant un petit autel, son rosaire a la main, tile eeoute amoureusement les chansons qu'un jeune homme, assis sur son lit, lui addresse en les accompagnant de son luth. La Mort vient iteindre les cierge* illumes sur 1'autel, & changer en amertume les douceurs de ce tete-a-tete.
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