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Day of Judgment.
Hark! hark! what voice is that I hear?
Loud thund'ring from the sky:
Hark! stay! it pierces thro' my ear!
Sure 'tis the midnight cry!
Loud thund'ring from the sky:
Hark! stay! it pierces thro' my ear!
Sure 'tis the midnight cry!
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The bridegroom comes! the heralds sound!
Archangels catch the lay!
The shiv'ring rocks from earth rebound!
The mountains melt away!
Archangels catch the lay!
The shiv'ring rocks from earth rebound!
The mountains melt away!
Black horrors o'er creation spread!
With flames the light'nings glare!
While Gabriel's trumpet wakes the dead,
To triumph or despair.
With flames the light'nings glare!
While Gabriel's trumpet wakes the dead,
To triumph or despair.
Now see on yonder radiant throne,
The Judge in God-like state!
And opening, as he hastens down,
The eternal books of fate.
The Judge in God-like state!
And opening, as he hastens down,
The eternal books of fate.
In one of which, thy name, my soul,
Compleats some awful line:
Lord! may I see within that scrowl,
My name inlaid with thine!
Compleats some awful line:
Lord! may I see within that scrowl,
My name inlaid with thine!
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