Wake and see the darkness through

And my ears, no longer bound,

List, to the heavenly sound!

(A pause. Anna lights a small lamp. As she goes to place it in the window she stops. Its light falls on the sleeping child)

Mary.—

See, from his face has passed the pain.

And every sense of heart and brain

Is gathered unto rest again.

O son, O child, while round thy sleep

The peace of God lies folded deep,