James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
January 14Death of a Firstborn
By Christina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)
O
With earthward eyes we see:
With eyes uplifted, keener, farther-sighted,
We look, O Lord, to Thee.
Of birthday bells on high;
Faith, hope and love make answer with soft singing,
Half carol and half cry.
While dust returns to dust;
Until that blessed day when all Thy Nation
Shall rise up of the Just.