| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | January 14 | | Death of a Firstborn | | By Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894) |
| | | | The Duke of Clarence, eldest son of the then Prince of Wales, died on Jan. 14, 1892. |
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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. | |
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| Grief hears a funeral knell: hope hears the ringing | 5 |
| Of birthday bells on high; | |
| Faith, hope and love make answer with soft singing, | |
| Half carol and half cry. | |
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| Stoop to console us, Christ, Sole Consolation, | |
| While dust returns to dust; | 10 |
| Until that blessed day when all Thy Nation | |
| Shall rise up of the Just. | | | |
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