Shepherd
- Each mother knows its lambs,
Each lamb its mother;
Across the tangled flock
They hear each other;
They meet though they start
From the farthest corners. - The shepherd knows each lamb,
Its given name;
Where each has likely strayed,
Trapped, lost or lame;
A weakling worth a ram
He feeds at home. - Our shepherd loves all lambs
Who as the Son
More human pain than us
Has undergone;
Shepherd and Lamb for us
Uniquely one.