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A Death of a First-born.
January 14th, 1892.
One young life lost, two happy young lives blighted,
With earthward eyes we see:
With eyes uplifted, keener, farther-sighted,
We look, O Lord, to Thee.
With earthward eyes we see:
With eyes uplifted, keener, farther-sighted,
We look, O Lord, to Thee.
Grief hears a funeral knell: hope hears the ringing
Of birthday bells on high;
Faith, hope, and love make answer with soft singing,
Half carol and half cry.
Of birthday bells on high;
Faith, hope, and love make answer with soft singing,
Half carol and half cry.
Stoop to console us, Christ, Sole Consolation,
While dust returns to dust;
Until that blessed day when all Thy Nation
Shall rise up of the Just.
While dust returns to dust;
Until that blessed day when all Thy Nation
Shall rise up of the Just.
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