| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Psalms and Hymns for the Church (1883).
VII. “O silent Night” | | By William Josiah Irons (1812–1883) |
| | | O SILENT Night, O darkness of the dead! | |
| A few hours since, and Jesus full of grace | |
| Sat with His chosen, blessed the mystic Bread, | |
| And poured the Cup, and joined the Hymn of praise | |
| Where now are they who sat around?—Is John | 5 |
| Tending the lonely Mother in His stead? | |
| Is Judas, who betrayed the Holy One, | |
| “Gone to his place”? and have the rest all fled? | |
| Is Peter weeping?—are “His brethren” gone? | |
| What was that word—“the Shepherd I will smite, | 10 |
| The sheep shall all be scattered far” to-night?— | |
| He saw, He knew it all, and He is Dead. | | | | |
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