"The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise." 2 Peter 3:10
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Words: Thomas of Celano, 13th Century (Dies Irae); translated from Latin to English by Walter Scott, 1805. This translation forms the concluding stanzas of the sixth canto of "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," titled "A Hymn for the Dead." For another version, see Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning.
Music: "St. Cross," John Bacchus Dykes, 1861
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