Hail! to the Lord and Son,
Who in this happy morn,
The veil of earth puts on.
Loud praise to God be given
Who makes us heirs of heaven.
Satan listening, and still more uneasy:
To learn this secret, how I've toiled!
Shall it be hidden from me now?
He disguises himself, and approaches the shepherds under the form of a great lord, and says to them:
Whence come you?