| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Katharine Tynan Hinkson. b. 1861 |
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| 877. Sheep and Lambs |
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| ALL in the April morning, | |
| April airs were abroad; | |
| The sheep with their little lambs | |
| Pass'd me by on the road. | |
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| The sheep with their little lambs | 5 |
| Pass'd me by on the road; | |
| All in an April evening | |
| I thought on the Lamb of God. | |
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| The lambs were weary, and crying | |
| With a weak human cry, | 10 |
| I thought on the Lamb of God | |
| Going meekly to die. | |
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| Up in the blue, blue mountains | |
| Dewy pastures are sweet: | |
| Rest for the little bodies, | 15 |
| Rest for the little feet. | |
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| Rest for the Lamb of God | |
| Up on the hill-top green, | |
| Only a cross of shame | |
| Two stark crosses between. | 20 |
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| All in the April evening, | |
| April airs were abroad; | |
| I saw the sheep with their lambs, | |
| And thought on the Lamb of God. | |
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