(Skåne is the southern country in Sweden on the eastern side of the Øresund Strait from Copenhagen. The specter of Cholera is reaching out from France.)
His Royal Majesty and generals.
(accompanied by some playful verse which I cannot render in full, but here’s one pair of couplets)
But look into the distance! What do we get to see?
It is the cholera that is seen to prevail,
She, who explains all gaiety and caressing,
should she interfere with our play?!
(Fäderneslandet, Stockholm, 1884)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 