Pray you set down the manger. Now, Sir Beasts,
And you, Elf Folk, will it please you draw near and look in?
(On either side the Shepherds draw back, revealing at centre the Manger, out from which a wonderful glow shines upward, touching the faces of the Shepherds and hushing the Beasts with awe.)
TREE
The light! The light!
Second Chorus: A,2. Light of the World
CHORUS
Where sleepeth till dawn-break the light of the new morrow?
Alleluia!
Lo, as a babe, it sleepeth in a little manger: