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O cold and hungry Night

Bathe me in Thy sulphurous light!

Through the prism of Thy womb

And the endless darkness of Thy tomb

Wolf of sublunar supremacy

From the abysses unknown I summon Thee!

To devour this shell of earthly clay

Let spirit be beast, and flesh be prey

O Mother of Darkness

I drift through Thy heavens black

Beyond the dying stars

Never to look back

O cold and hungry Night

I am Thy reaping sword!

Beyond books and religion

Beyond mind and thought

Beyond life and death

In dark pristine wilderness

Lieth the true altar of Satan!