John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music… (1880)
“ During the silence that succeeds, the shepherds bend their knees and pray in the open air, and then retire to their huts to rest. The sunlight gilding the tops of those stupendous mountains, upon which the blue vault of heaven seems to rest, the magnificent scenery around, and the voices of these shepherds sounding from rock to rock the praise of the Almighty, must fill the mind of every traveller with enthusiasm and awe. ”
