Emerald Story Book

<h3><SPAN name="SHEEP_AND_LAMBS">SHEEP AND LAMBS</SPAN></h3> <p class="center"><span class="smcap">Katharine Tynan</span></p> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">All in the April morning</div> <div class="verse indent4">April airs were abroad,</div> <div class="verse indent0">The sheep with their little lambs,</div> <div class="verse indent4">Passed me by on the road.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">The sheep with their little lambs</div> <div class="verse indent4">Passed me by on the road;</div> <div class="verse indent0">All in an April evening</div> <div class="verse indent4">I thought on the Lamb of God.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">The lambs were weary, and crying</div> <div class="verse indent4">With a weak human cry,</div> <div class="verse indent0">I thought on the Lamb of God</div> <div class="verse indent4">Going meekly to die.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">Up in the blue, blue mountains</div> <div class="verse indent4">Dewy pastures are sweet;</div> <div class="verse indent0">Rest for the little bodies,</div> <div class="verse indent4">Rest for the little feet.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">All in the April evening</div> <div class="verse indent4">April airs were abroad;</div> <div class="verse indent0">I saw the sheep with their lambs,</div> <div class="verse indent4">And thought on the Lamb of God.</div> </div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <!--chapter--> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="Page_309"></SPAN>[309]</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />