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The Dies Iræ.
4.
Nature and death ſhall with ſurpriſe
Behold the pale offender riſe,
And view the Judge with conſcious eyes.
5.
Then ſhall, with univerſal dread,
The ſacred, myſtic book be read
To try the living and the dead.
6.
The Judge aſcends His awful throne;
He makes each ſecret ſin be known,
And all with ſhame confeſs their own.
7.
O then, what intereſt ſhall I make
To ſave my laſt important ſtake
When the moſt juſt have cauſe to quake!
