The planet's tyrant, dotard Death, had held his gray mirror before them for a moment and shown them the image of things to come.

Dorothy L. Sayers
The planet's tyrant, dotard Death, had held his gray mirror...
The planet's tyrant, dotard Death, had held his gray mirror...
The planet's tyrant, dotard Death, had held his gray mirror...
The planet's tyrant, dotard Death, had held his gray mirror...
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In the above quote, the poet Charles Baudelaire captures a sense of dread and despair in his poem "The Planet's Tyrant," which is a rather morbid depiction of what life is going to be for people who have not had a change of heart. In the poem, Death surrounds himself with a gray mirror so that he can show what is to come for people living on Earth. The gray mirror reminds us of the fact that the end is coming and we should prepare for it.

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