"Death and The Maiden" and Other Allusions
The motif "Death and the Maiden", is related to, and may have been derived from the Danse Macabre. It has received numerous treatments in various mediums—most prominently Schubert's quartet of that name. Further developments of the Danse Macabre motif include "Death and the Physician," "Death and the Senator," "Death and the Compass," Death and the King's Horseman, and Death and the Daleks.
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Famous quotes containing the words death and/or maiden:
“Such as the wreck of the Hesperus,
In the midnight and the snow!
Christ save us all from a death like this,
On the reef of Norman’s Woe!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)
“Y’are the maiden posies,
And so graced
To be placed
‘Fore damask roses.
Yet though thus respected
By-and-by
Ye do lie,
Poor girls, neglected.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)