Sheep and Lambs

Katharine Tynan Hinkson

Katharine Tynan Hinkson portrait

1861 to 1931

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April airs were abroad;
All in an April evening
Going meekly to die.
Up in the blue, blue mountains
The sheep with their little lambs
All in the April evening,
Rest for the Lamb of God
All in the April morning,
The lambs were weary, and crying
Two stark crosses between.
With a weak human cry;
Pass'd me by on the road;
And thought on the Lamb of God.
Dewy pastures are sweet:
April airs were abroad;
The sheep with their little lambs
I thought on the Lamb of God.
Up on the hill-top green;
I thought on the Lamb of God
Pass'd me by on the road.
Rest for the little bodies,
Only a cross of shame
I saw the sheep with their lambs,
Rest for the little feet.

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