The next night, Sabbath, he did the same to Dr. Fraser's kirk, where he had promised to sing a pro-Christmas canticle.
"An Orkney Maid"
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
When the canticle was sung and I was slipping into the sacristy, he was beside me.
"On the Frontier"
Bret Harte
And after that prayer there was still the canticle of Simeon, who, as soon as he had seen the Messiah, desired to die.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans