Apocalypse - Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)

Lord forgive us. Music: Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem: II. Dies Irae Scenes: Deep Impact (1997) & Armageddon (1998) "Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath) is a thirteenth century Latin hymn thought to be written by Thomas of Celano (1200 -- c. 1265). It is a medieval Latin poem characterized by its accentual stress and its rhymed lines. The metre is trochaic. The poem describes the day of judgment, the last trumpet summoning souls before the throne of God, where the saved will be delivered and the unsaved cast into eternal flames. Source: Wikipedia