Seventh Seal
"God has sentenced us to punishment.
We shall all perish in the black death.
You, standing there like gaping cattle, you who sit there in your glutted complacency,
do you know that this may be your last hour?
Death stands right behind you.
I can see how his crown gleams in the sun.
His scythe flashes as he raises it above your heads.
Which one of you shall he strike first?
You there, who stand staring like a goat,
will your mouth be twisted into the last unfinished gasp before night fall?
And you, woman, who bloom with life and self-satisfaction,
will you pale and become extinguished before the morning dawns?
You back there, with your swollen nose and stupid grin,
do you have another year left to dirty the earth with your refuse?
Do you know, you insensible fools,
that you shall die today or tomorrow, or the next day,
because all of you have been sentenced?
Do you hear what I say?
Do you hear the word?
You have been sentenced, sentenced!"
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