In. On earth this day!
Pr. There is fire on earth this day.
In. This is a sacred place, a solemn hour,
Thy speech is earnest: yet even if thou speak truth,
O welcome messenger of happy tidings,
And though I hear aright, yet to believe
Is hard: thou canst not know what words thou speakest
Into what ears: they never heard before 365
This sound but in old tales of happier times,
In sighs of prayer and faint unhearted hope: