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The dances of death, through the various stages of human life : wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited in forty-six copper plates; done from the original designs ... ; to which are prefixed, descriptions of each plate in French and English, with the scripture text from which the designs were taken
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PLATE XXIV.— THE CANONESS.

JL here appears in this young and beautiful recluse, a strikiugmixture of gallantry and devotion. On her knees before a littlealtar, with her rosary in her hand, she is amorouslv listen mg tothe songs which a young man, seated on a bed, addresses to her,accornpanying them with his lute. Death comes to put out thetapers burning on the altar, andto change into sadness the plea-sures of this conversation.

Est via, quae videtur homini justa : novissima autem ejus de-ducunt hominem ad mortem. Prov. xiv. 12.

PLANCHE XXIV— LA CHANOINESSE,

JLjW voit dans cette jeune & belle recluse un melange frappant

de galanterie & de devotion. Agenouillee devantun petit autel,

son rosaire ä la main, eile ecoute amoureusement les chansons

qu'un jeune homme, assis sur son lit, lui adresse en les accom-

pagnant de son luth. La Mort vient eteindre les cierges alluim'y

sur l'autel, & changer en amertume les douceurs de ce tcte*i-tete.

 
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