Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

The COUNT.

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For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away: His Glory shall not descend after him.

Psalm xlix. 17.

Illustration from Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

None of those Honours which the Great And Mighty now attend, When Death shall cast them from their Seat, Shall to the Grave descend. No Ensigns of a glorious Race They thither shall convey, Nor Titles high; for in the Grave They nought but Dust shall be.