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| Agony in the Garden, studios of El Greco (c. 1590s), National Gallery of Art, London UK |
Could ye not stay awake with me an hour,
You who by your consent would die for me?
Could you not stay awake with me one hour?
Look!
Judas--do not not see how he does not sleep,
But hastens to hand me over to the Jews?
Why are you sleeping?
Arise, and pray,
Lest you fall into tempetation.
Judas--Look!
~Sept répons des ténébres (1962)
Francis Poulenc
