Great is the sin of my spirit And great is the reach of its doom Down the infinite aeons come beating The wings of unmerciful gloom I have haunted the tombs of the ages I have flown on the pinions of fear Where the smoke-belching Erebus rages The great offspring of Chaos appears I have whirled with the earth at the dawning When the sky was a vaporous flame I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim I have drifted on seas without ending Under sinister grey-clouded skies That the many-forked lightning is rending That resound with hysterical cries I have haunted the tombs of the ages I have flown on the pinions of fear Where the smoke-belching Erebus rages The great offspring of Chaos appears I have whirled with the earth at the dawning When the sky was a vaporous flame I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim Days uncounted Cast aside Wings unfolding Black as night Darkness impending A realm never ending I have whirled with the earth at the dawning When the sky was a vaporous flame I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim Through the ghoul-guarded gateways of slumber Past the wan-mooned abysses of night I have lived over lives without number Being driven to madness with fright Fear my reign Fear my reign