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Ruin Imminent and Inevitable

Woe, city of bloodshed,
    utterly deceitful, full of plunder—
    no end to the prey!(A)
The crack of whip and rumble of wheel,
    galloping horse and bounding chariot!(B)
Horsemen charging,
    flashing sword and glittering spear,
piles of dead,
    heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
    they stumble over the bodies!(C)

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