The poetical works of William Lisle Bowles ... with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan |
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SHEEPFOLD.
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The sheep were in the fold at night,And now a new-born lamb
Totters and trembles in the light,
Or bleats beside its dam.
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How anxiously the mother tries,With every tender care,
To screen it from inclement skies,
And the cold morning air!
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The hailstorm of the east is fled,She seems with joy to swell,
Whilst ever as she bends her head,
I hear the tinkling bell.
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So while for me a mother's prayerAscends to heaven above,
May I repay her tender care
With gratitude and love!
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