"Le vent d'hiver souffle, et la nuit est sombre, \ Des gémissements sortent des tilleuls ; \ Les squelettes blancs vont à travers l'ombre \ Courant et sautant sous leurs grands linceuls" For those interested into putting some very nice pictures, I advise the (rare) short movie by Philipp Jenner 'Danse macabre' (1940).
First heard when my middle-school music teacher played it for us. Based on a French superstition, expressing the equality in death. Slightly gruesome, but I love the music.
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