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"That day of wrath, that dreadful day,
shall heaven and earth in ashes lay,
as David and the Sybil say.

What horror must invade the mind
when the approaching Judge shall find
and sift the deeds of all mankind!

The mighty trumpet's wondrous tone
shall rend each tomb's sepulchral stone
and summon all before the Throne.

Now death and nature with surprise
behold the trembling sinners rise
to meet the Judge's searching eyes.

For now before the Judge severe
all hidden things must plain appear;
no crime can pass unpunished here.

When the doomed can no more flee
from the fires of misery
with the chosen call me.

Full of tears and full of dread
is that day that wakes the dead,
calling all, with solemn blast
to be judged for all their past."