April's Lambs

April's Lambs written by William Henry Davies

From "The Song of Life", 1920

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Though I was born in April's prime,
  With many another lamb,
Yet, thinking now of all my years,
  What am I but a tough old ram?'

'No woman thinks of years,' said she,
  'Or any tough old rams,
When she can hear a voice that bleats
  As tenderly as any lamb's.'

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