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On the twenty-fourth of
August, 1572 in Paris was terriblebloodshed Name of this carnage inhistory is the
Night Of
Saint-
Bartholomew...
In the midst of wars byreligion
When the rivers of bloodgushed Fratricide was (with gorycontagion)
For the peace and name of
God
At the awful moonlitnight
Cathedral bells of Saint-
Germainl'
Auxerrois Sounded, rang to the infamousfight, Christian love wasdevitalized At the sign of all Parisianchurch bells Ranting hordes killed withoutsense When the strange nocturnal massstarted Murderers from gore weresoulless... At the horrible moonlitnight
Selected doors werestigmatized With the shameful whitecrosses,
The poor lives doomed bydeath
Impiety - in the name of Jesus
Christ, Brutality - because of the
Supernal Light
Disembowelment - in the name of
Angels and Saints, Dismemberment - because of the
Religious Faith
Torches illuminated the faceof slayers, Swords and spears were in hands ofslaughterers, This Unmerciful Night was Revel ofthe Deathmen
In the Valley Of Misery, Where the river alwaysspilt, Bloody corpses and dyingvictims
Floated on the Sanguine
Stream At this sanguinary night wasbloodbath -- In the name of Christ,- - Where was Royal Law ? -- Where was Christian Love? -
In the midst of wars byreligion When the streams of goregushed
Fratricide was (with bloodyconfusion) For the quiet and name of
God At the dreadful moonlitnight
Cathedral bells of Saint-
Germainl'
Auxerrois Sounded, rang to dishonestfight,
Christian laws weredevitalized At the sign.....
Were
Soulless!
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