Wretched of the Earth - Pessimist

I beheld again the great whore that sitteth upon the earth

And mortal kings did commit fornication with this whore

And as I watched the wretched of the earth were made drunk

With the wine of her fornication

And I was possessed of the spirit

And in visions I saw the whore upon a scarlet colored beast

And she proclaimed her sins unto heaven

And the name she wore upon her head was the name of blasphemy

And the whore was arrayed in scarlet and gold

And she carried in her hand a jeweled chalice

And in this chalice she collected

The abominations and filthiness of her sins

And as I watched the wretched of the earth were made drunk

With the wine of her fornications

And so this whore did glorify her iniquities

And therefore shall her plagues come in a single day

And she brought upon herself famine and mourning and death

And the merchants of her wickedness shall lament

In the smoke of her burning