| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 152. Sheep and Lambs |
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| By Katherine Tynan |
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| ALL in the April evening | |
| April airs were abroad; | |
| The sheep with their little lambs | |
| Passed me by on the road. | |
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| The sheep with their little lambs | 5 |
| Passed me by on the road; | |
| All in the 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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| But 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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