Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Katharine Tynan Hinkson b. 186Sheep and Lambs
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April airs were abroad,
The sheep with their little lambs
Passed me by on the road.
Passed me by on the road;
All in the April evening
I thought on the Lamb of God.
With a weak, human cry.
I thought on the Lamb of God
Going meekly to die.
Dewy pastures are sweet,
Rest for the little bodies,
Rest for the little feet,
Up on the hill-top green,
Only a Cross of shame
Two stark crosses between.
April airs were abroad,
I saw the sheep with their lambs,
And thought on the Lamb of God.