Behold the suffering unspeakable in death
And the abominations of the earth;
Its desolation turns
And now there is no life in her …
Behold the pale horse …
With fire in its eyes, with murder its rides
Behold the grave sword …
It slays in violent horror, it preys in war …
Behold the scales of famine tear the flesh of men
And harvest all the bodies of the dead;
The lifeless continents
Are lined beneath the carcasses …
Behold the pale horse …
And death be not proud, and life be not found
Behold the plague comes
And the haunting epidemic — infectious — has begun …
Behold the horrifying evidence
The sequence of prophetic events
The escalation fate ascends
The darkest hour lies ahead …
Behold a pale horse …
And hell follow thee; in darkness it feeds
Behold, the unseen world
Of Hades arise … burning in time …
Behold, the fourth seal
Is broken; it is revealed …
Behind the face of God;
In the silence of heaven concealed;
The seventh seal …