Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, APRIL'S LAMBS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: Though I was born in april's prime
Last Line: "as tenderly as any lamb's."
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): April


"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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