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Transcription: The Dance of Life. A poem. [Quotation from Horace's Ars Poetica.] Published Decr. 1, 1817 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101, Strand.
With a picure of a woman in white with little children dancing around her.
"The stern preceptor, with his threat'ning nod, Calls in the wise correction of the rod." Hand-colored aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson.
A young boy in a schoolroom pleads with his teachers.
"The mask, that scene of wanton folly, May convert mirth to melancholy." Hand-colored aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson.
Various groups of people in a ballroom, both on the floor and watching from a balcony above.
"Sweet is the voice whose powers can move, And call the vagrant heart to love." Hand-colored aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson.
A young woman plays the harp and sings, while others look on. In the background there is a table of card players.