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Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.

Alice Meynell. b. 1850

880. The Lady of the Lambs

SHE walks—the lady of my delight—
A shepherdess of sheep.
Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white;
She guards them from the steep.
She feeds them on the fragrant height,	5
And folds them in for sleep.
She roams maternal hills and bright,
Dark valleys safe and deep.
Her dreams are innocent at night;
The chastest stars may peep.	10
She walks—the lady of my delight—
A shepherdess of sheep.
She holds her little thoughts in sight,
Though gay they run and leap.
She is so circumspect and right;	15
She has her soul to keep.
She walks—the lady of my delight—
A shepherdess of sheep.