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All men must step into the

unknown realms below

Where ebon shades lie heavy

and the dark rivers flow

To join the blighted souls of old,

beyond the veil

Descend into the darkness

from where no light returns

Cross the ethereal threshold

As the corporeal burns

All mortal aspirations

as seeds in fertile soil

may bud or blossom only

to the scythe then fall

Sed omnis una manet nox

et calcanda semel via leti

Ascend unearthly spectre

to guide their path below

To the cimmerian nightshade

where all men must go

Into the depths of that hungering abyss

Stripped of all fleshly burdens

upon that Stygian strand

Purged of all former glories

by death's disrobing hand

The flames of hope and and longing are now extinguished

The souls once bound in flesh have now been relinquished

The dreams of celestial glories are now all vanquished

Their haunted cries and whispers, reverberate so anguished

Each creature beckoned into that lightless chasm

Sed omnis una manet nox

et calcanda semel via leti

Now sound the bells of quittance

from the abysmal shrine

The cup has been drained, yet lingers

a taste of bitter wine

Descend into the darkness

from where no light returns

Cross the ethereal threshold

As the corporeal finally burns