[Movement I] Kings traded daughters, treaties, and knives, North pressed south through generations of pride. The sanctuary darkened, the daily was gone, Some of the wise fell into the flame, [Movement II] Yet those who knew God stood firm and acted. Then Michael stands when the trouble is deep, The book holds names no empire can erase. Not forgotten, but purified till the appointed day. [Movement III] Many shall awake from the dust of the earth, Some unto life and some unto shame. The wise shine bright like the firmament’s stars, Those turning many to righteousness endure. [Bridge] Seal up the word; go thy way and rest, At the end of the days thou shalt stand in thy lot. [Coda] Some of the wise fell into the flame, Not forgotten, but purified till the appointed day. Seal up the word; go thy way and rest, At the end of the days thou shalt stand in thy lot.