But from the lost a single cry,
Which rang rejoicing through the spheres:
"O blessed Son of God most high!
Two nights, a day, no pain or tears?"
"O Son of God, for ever blessed!
Praise and give thanks, all spirits sad:
A day, two nights of perfect rest?
So much on earth we never had!"
Footnote 1: [(return)]
See Fauriel, Hist. de la Poésie provençale, tom. i. ch. 8.