Can it be the honoured spot?
Shepherds and shepherdesses draw near, and looking through the cracks in the wall of the poor stable, discover Mary and Jesus. The second shepherd exclaims with rapture:
There's the child ... and there's the mother....
THIRD SHEPHERDESS.
See how mild
Hangs on his mother's breast the child.
SECOND SHEPHERD.
Call yon man to ope the door....
(to Joseph) Hola! master....
JOSEPH.