Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN APRIL PASTORAL, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON


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First Line: Whither away, fair neat-herdess?
Last Line: He. I go ... To tend thy kine for thee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Spring


He.

WHITHER away, fair Neat-herdess?
She. Shepherd, I go to tend my kine.
He. Stay thou, and watch this flock of mine.
She. With thee? Nay, that were idleness.
He. Thy kine will pasture none the less.
She. Not so: they wait me and my sign.
He. I'll pipe to thee beneath the pine.
She. Thy pipe will soothe not their distress.
He. Dost thou not hear beside the spring
How the gay birds are carolling?
She. I hear them. But it may not be.
He. Farewell then, Sweetheart! Farewell now.
She. Shepherd, farewell ... Where goest thou?
He. I go ... to tend thy kine for thee!





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