Katharine Tynan Hinkson

Sheep and Lambs

All in the April morning,

April airs were abroad;

The sheep with their little lambs

Pass'd me by on the road.


The sheep with their little lambs

Pass'd me by on the road;

All in an 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.


All in the April evening,

April airs were abroad;

I saw the sheep with their lambs,

And thought on the Lamb of God.