The Lamb Glossary

The Lamb Glossary

Lamb

Lamb is actually a symbol for God. It is also a stock image of pastoral poetry.

Thee

Especially a term of pastoral poetry for the pronoun 'you'

Bid

To give something open heartedly

Mead

Meadow; A wide grassland

Wooly

Tender; soft; comforting

Tender

Very soft and fragile

Vales

Valleys; Long stretch of lowly grassland between hills

Meek

Gentle at heart

Dost

In pastoral poetry "do" is written in this archaic form to signify a scene of a long past.

Rejoice

In pastoral poetry it means causing joy to someone. Here the lamb's voice is the cause for the rejoicing of the valleys.

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