The green of my life from the scintillant hour.

THE DEATH OF THE FIRST BORN

Cover him over with daisies white

And eke with the poppies red,

Sit with me here by his couch to-night,

For the First-Born, Love, is dead.

Poor little fellow, he seemed so fair

As he lay in my jealous arms;

Silent and cold he is lying there

Stripped of his darling charms.