The Firstborn

They awoke in the days of twilight
In a world that did not know the sun
Looking up at the starlit heaven
With the smile of new-opened lives
Earth was theirs, the pasture of their wonder
The wide field of soft songs in the air
Names for things and the first glimpse of knowledge
By the watery mirror of the sky
Unforeseen, primroses in winter
Marvellous, miracles of time
I saw them and forgot my own mind
They were new, their beauty filled the world
And Earth was theirs, the pasture of their wonder
The wide field of soft songs in the air
Names for things and the first glimpse of knowledge
By the watery mirror of the sky
Unforeseen, primroses in winter
Marvellous, miracles of time
Miracles of time, miracles of time
Irradiated with their Maker’s splendour
Elder Children of the highest will
Jewels of Earth to adorn the deathless Kingdom
The Firstborn, People of the Stars
Miracles of time, miracles of time
Miracles of time
Irradiated with their Maker’s splendour
Elder Children of the highest will
Jewels of Earth to adorn the deathless Kingdom
The Firstborn, People of the Stars
Irradiated with their Maker’s splendour
Elder Children of the highest will
Jewels of Earth to adorn the deathless Kingdom
The Firstborn, People of the Stars