The Dream of St. Joseph, Georges de La Tour (1593-1652)
The Temptation of Saint Joseph
Joseph:
All I ask is one
Important and elegant proof
That what my Love had done
Was really at your will
And that your will is Love.
Gabriel:
No, you must believe;
Be silent, and sit still.
—W.H. Auden (1907-1973)
“Joseph’s Carol” —text and music by John Rutter (b. 1945)