Editing Dies irae (section)

===Literary references===
* [[Walter Scott]] used the first two stanzas in the sixth canto of his narrative poem "[[The Lay of the Last Minstrel]]" (1805).
* [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] used the first, the sixth and the seventh stanza of the hymn in the scene "[[Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy#Cathedral|Cathedral]]" in the first part of his drama ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'' (1808).
* [[Oscar Wilde]]'s "[[:s:Sonnet: On Hearing the Dies Iræ Sung in the Sistine Chapel|Sonnet on Hearing the Dies Iræ Sung in the Sistine Chapel]]" (''Poems'', 1881), contrasts the "terrors of red flame and thundering" depicted in the hymn with images of "life and love".
* In [[Gaston Leroux]]'s 1910 novel ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (novel)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', Erik (the Phantom) has the chant displayed on the wall of his funereal bedroom.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leroux |first=Gaston |url={{GBurl|OTcmIoJPZ8cC}} |title=The Phantom of the Opera |date=1911 |publisher=[[Grosset & Dunlap]] |isbn=9780758318008 |location=[[New York City]] |page=164 |oclc=4373384 |author-link=Gaston Leroux |access-date=2022-03-15 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* It is the inspiration for the title and major theme of the 1964 novel {{lang|la|[[Deus Irae|Deus Iræ]]}} by [[Philip K. Dick]] and [[Roger Zelazny]]. The English translation is used verbatim in Dick's novel ''[[Ubik]]'' two years later.