Victorious men of earth, come one again To proclaim how wide your empires are Though you bind in every shore, And your triumphs reach as far... ...from where it's day to where it's dark. Devouring famine plaguesn and wars Each able to undo mankind Death servile emmissaries are Nor to these alone confined... Then he had them at his will. Victorious men of earth Yet you proud monarchs must obey, And mingle with forgotten ashes when , Death calls them to the crowd of common men, We shall become... Victorious men of earth More quaint and subtile ways to kill A smile or kiss, as he will use the art, The one that craving the foreseen Shall have the skill to break a heart.