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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

The Shepherd

William Blake (1757–1827)

HOW sweet is the Shepherd’s sweet lot!

From the morn to the evening he strays;

He shall follow his sheep all the day,

And his tongue shall be fillèd with praise.

For he hears the lamb’s innocent call,

And he hears the ewe’s tender reply;

He is watchful while they are in peace,

For they know when their Shepherd is nigh.