The Lamb Child

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"Fifty Christmas Poems for Children", by Florence B. Hyett, [1923],

The Lamb Child

When Christ the Babe was born,

Full many a little lamb

Upon the wintry hills forlorn

Was nestled near its dam:

And, waking or asleep,

Upon His Mother's breast,

For love of her, each mother-sheep

And baby-lamb He blessed.

--john Banister TABB