* ("Prayer of St. Francis" by Sarah McLachlan plays over scenes of Buffy & Dawn crawling out of the pit, Anya helping Giles out of the wreckage of the Magic Box, Xander holding Willow as she cries)

...instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, joy. O divine master grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it's in giving that we receive, And it's in pardoning that we are pardoned. And it's in dying that we are born to eternal life, Amen.

(as song ends, we see Spike lying face up on the ground in the cave, having completed the last trial)

written by: David Fury; No transcript available, so I started with the Shooting Script and spent a couple-three hours editing it to match what was said and shown on the broadcast version. . Full transcript at: