SHEEP AND LAMBS - Charles I Poems

 
 

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SHEEP AND LAMBS

All in the April evening,
     April airs were abroad,
The sheep with their little lambs
     Passed me by on the road.

The sheep with their little lambs
     Passed me by on the road;
All in the April evening
     I thought on the Lamb of God.

The lambs were weary, and crying
     With a weak, human cry.
I thought on the Lamb of God
     Going meekly to die.

Up in the blue, blue mountains
     Dewy pastures are sweet
Rest for the little bodies,
     Rest for the little feet

But for the Lamb of God,
     Up on the hill-top green,
Only a Cross of shame
     Two stark crosses between.

All in the April evening,
     April airs were abroad,
I saw the sheep with their lambs,
     And thought on the Lamb of God.