On that dread day, when wrath shall rend the sky,

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On that dread day, when wrath shall rend the sky, by Omar Khayyam

On that dread day, when wrath shall rend the sky,
And darkness dim the bright stars' galaxy,
I'll seize the Loved One by His skirt, and cry,
«Why hast Thou doomed these guiltless ones to die?»

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