Danse Macabre † Woodcut Plate
The Bride
Mors ad Sponsam
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The wedding guests wait. The bride dances with another.
Death speaks:
My lady, I too am a bridegroom. My ring is a circle of bone, and my vow is forever.
The Bride answers:
My gown was white. My veil was long. Now I wear a shroud, which is whiter still.
Totentanz · after Guy Marchant, Paris, 1485