Sudden Visitation

FOR HE KNOWS THEIR ABODE--THEIR GOING, THEIR COMING AND THE DAY THEY'LL BE VISITED IS APPROACHING APPROACHING LIKE A SUDDEN FLASH OF LIGHTNING: ALAS FOR THEM, ON THAT DAY AND PLACE! FOR AS MUCH AS THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE STRONG; THEY WERE WEAK-LINKS ALL ALONG. AND FOR AS MUCH AS THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE CLEVER; THEY WERE NOT EVEN THE LEAST WISER: ALAS FOR THEM, ON THAT DAY AND PLACE! THAT DAY AND PLACE, FAR AND BEYOND: A PLACE IN COMPLETE DARKNESS, WHERE ONLY FEW ARE FOUND SPOTLESS. SO SNAP OUT OF YOUR TRANCE; AND BEWARE OF THE GRIMACE ON THEIR FACES: THE GRIMACE OF EVIL MENACES; ZANIES IN STIES, FOOLS, SEEKING WAYS TO IMPROVISE, DEVICES TO REVIVE RETIRED SOULS, MEANT TO REMAIN FOREVER A CLOSED CASE: ALAS FOR THEM, ON THAT DAY AND PLACE! THAT DAY AND PLACE, FAR AND BEYOND: HALF PAST THE SHIMMERING TWILIGHT, IN THE WEE HOURS, BEFORE DAYLIGHT: THEY SHALL FALL ON THEIR FACE, AND RECEIVE A COUP-DE-GRACE; DISSIPATING LIKE FROST--FROM SOLID TO DROSS; BRASS, SILVER, TIN, IRON, COPPER AND LEAD: ALAS FOR THEM, ON THAT DAY AND PLACE! THAT DAY AND PLACE, YOU MENACE SHALL SUFFER. GO 'HEAD, KEEP ON WITH YOUR LIE--THINKIN' YOU'RE INFALLIBLE; RAISE YOUR VOICE AND SCREAM LIKE A TERRIBLE: SO LONG WHEN TIME RUNS OUT, AND ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE, YOU DON'T GO RUNNING LIKE A GOOSE: RATHER STAND LIKE A MAN; AND ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS TOO LATE, 'CAUSE THE MASTER'S HERE TO SEAL YOUR FATE!