Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEW LAMBS, by AGNES ITA HANRAHAN


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NEW LAMBS, by                    
First Line: I shut thon windies, sure
Last Line: Dream-childer comes wid sleep!
Subject(s): Children; Lambs; Childhood


I shut thon windies, sure,
That's openin' wide the day;—
I strived to whisht the bleatin' lambs
Down by fernenst the brae!
I stole an' closed the door;
I latched the windies tight;—
The bleatin' av the lambs was on me—
God's new wee lambs thon night!

Ay, troth, I took the road,
I faced my way to town;—
To-day I'm thankin' God there's lambs,
An' heartsome sheep aroun'!
Bewhiles I dream av fields—
Wide fields, an' slow, glad sheep;—
When bleatin' av wee lambs is on me,
Dream-childer comes wid sleep!





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