Holbein's Dance of Death
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The Emperor

The Emperor
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Of your house will haveAs of your transitory good,Because there? where death will rest,They will be carted away with your glory.

The Emperor (Maximilian I.) rates his minister for injustice to a suitor. But even in the act Death discrowns him.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter. - Winston Churchill, on his 75th birthday.