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 n8 Readings in European History And the heavens shall be opened, and be full of gates, And the mountains shall be removed, and turn into mist. Verily hell lieth in wait, The goal for rebels, To abide therein for ages ; They shall not taste therein coolness nor drink, Save scalding water and running sores, A meet reward ! Verily they did not expect the reckoning, And they denied our sjgns with lies ; But everything have we recorded in a book : Description When the earth shall be shaken in a shock, of the bliss And the mountains shall be powdered in powder, of heaven. r and the An d become like flying dust, pains of hell. And ye shall be three kinds. Then the people of the right hand what people of good omen ! And the people of the left hand what people of ill omen! And] the outstrippers, still outstripping: These are the nearest [to God], In gardens of delight ; A crowd of the men of yore, And a few of the latter days ; Upon inwrought couches, Reclining thereon face to face. Youths ever young shall go unto them round about With goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine, Their heads shall not ache with it, neither shall they be confused ; And fruits of their choice, And flesh of birds to their desire ; And damsels with bright eyes like hidden pearls, A reward for what they have wrought. They shall hear no folly therein, nor any sin, But only the greeting, " Peace ! peace ! ",