Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NED VAUGHAN, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: A shepherd, ned vaughan
Last Line: And shepherd in sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Variant Title(s): Epitaph On A Shepherd
Subject(s): Epitaphs; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers


A Shepherd, Ned Vaughan,
'Neath this Tombestone do bide,
His Crook in his hand,
And his Dog him beside.
Bleak and cold fell the Snow
On Marchmallysdon Steep,
And folded both sheepdog
And Shepherd in Sleep.





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