Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MISSING, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: Thou that didst leave the ninety and the nine
Last Line: Fold close my little one!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Children; Religion; Childhood; Theology


Thou that didst leave the ninety and the nine
To seek the one,
Behold, among the many that are mine,
A lamb is gone.

The one perchance the worthiest to be,
Dear Lord, with Thee;
And so the saddest for the Mother's heart
With him to part.

O Thou, Thyself a mourning Mother's Son,
Fold close my little one!





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