_In descensum Spiritus Sancti._ Act. ii.
Jam coeli circum tonuit fragor: arma minasque
Turbida cum flammis mista ferebat hiems.
Exclamat Judaeus atrox: Venit ecce nefandis,
Ecce venit meriti fulminis ira memor.
Verum ubi composito sedit fax blandior astro,
Flammaque non laesas lambit amica comas;
Judaeis, fulmen quia falsum apparuit esse,
Hoc ipso verum nomine fulmen erat.
{Ouranou ektypese bromos; polemon kai apeilas
Ege trechon anemos syn phlogi smerdalee.
Auen Ioudaios; miara stygeron ta karena
Ephthase tes orges to prepon ouranies.
Alla galenaio hote keitai hesychon astro
Phlegma, kai abletous leiche philon plokamous,
Hekthambei. hoti gar keinois ouk een alethes,
Nyn eteon dioti tode keraunos een.}
_The descent of the Holy Spirit._
Booms the thunder through the sky,
Flash the lightnings, threats the storm;
Cries the Jew with vengeful eye:
See SIN doom'd in fitting form!
But, lo, the lightning, paled to light
Mild and calm as ev'ning's star,
Binds their brows with nimbus bright,
Playing softly i' their hair.
To the Jews it is not lightning,
Yet the more the name's enlightening.[70] G.