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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONFIDED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Another lamb, o lamb of god, behold
Last Line: Lest waking it should bleat and pine for me!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Another lamb, o lamb of god, behold
Last Line: Lest waking it should bleat and pine for me!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
ANOTHER lamb, O Lamb of God, behold,
Within this quiet fold,
Among Thy Father's sheep
I lay to sleep!
A heart that never for a night did rest
Beyond its mother's breast.
Lord, keep it close to Thee,
Lest waking it should bleat and pine for me!
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