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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROGER'S SONG, FR. MIDSUMMER EVE, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poet's Biography
First Line: I get no sleep in lambing nights
Last Line: While I do handle the sheep.
Subject(s): Sheep
First Line: I get no sleep in lambing nights
Last Line: While I do handle the sheep.
Subject(s): Sheep
I get no sleep in lambing nights,
My woman gets no sleep;
We fold the ewes if we sniff a thaw,
And when they yean as we crouch in the straw
She takes the lambs by our horn-fogged lights
While I do handle the sheep.
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