The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land; 
you may almost hear the beating of his wings. 
There is no one as of old . . . 
to sprinkle with blood the lintel 
and the two side-posts of our doors, 
that he may spare and pass on.

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• by John Bright (1811 - 1889) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "The Angel of Death", published 1936 [soprano and baritone soli, chorus, and orchestra], from Dona nobis pacem, no. 5.
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