Death we are one alike in dignity,

We both lay out our scene.

Timeworn conflicts now resolved,

Yet the bubble remains unclean.

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From forth power befalls thee,

Harnessed extremities of dominion.

An almost infectious diet,

Able to ravage and set free.

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The script I have to bear,

I wear no mortal shoe.

Add the continuance of aura,

That I cannot remove.

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I may be long overlooked,

But I will soon have stage.

This world with patient ears will learn,

Thy cardinal of the plague.