Matthäus Merian, The Basel Dance of Death: The Queen (1616)
"Lady Queen, your joy has ended,
dance with me into the death-house.
Neither beauty, nor gold, nor money will help you.
I am dancing with you into the next world."
dance with me into the death-house.
Neither beauty, nor gold, nor money will help you.
I am dancing with you into the next world."
"Oh woe and alas, oh woe forever!
Where is now my band of maids
with whom I had many pleasures?
Oh Death, go gently, do not make haste with me."
Where is now my band of maids
with whom I had many pleasures?
Oh Death, go gently, do not make haste with me."
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