Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SHEPHERD'S LAMENT, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE


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THE SHEPHERD'S LAMENT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Up yonder on the mountain
Last Line: There is no rest for me!
Subject(s): Lament; Love; Sea; Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Ocean


UP yonder on the mountain,
I dwelt for days together;
Look'd down into the valley,
This pleasant summer weather.

My sheep go feeding onward,
My dog sits watching by;
I've wander'd to the valley,
And yet I know not why.

The meadow it is pretty,
With flowers so fair to see;
I gather them, but no one
Will take the flowers from me.

The good tree gives me shadow,
And shelter from the rain;
But yonder door is silent,
It will not ope again!

I see the rainbow bending,
Above her old abode,
But she is there no longer;
They've ta'en my love abroad.

They took her o'er the mountains,
They took her o'er the sea;
Move on, move on, my bonny sheep,
There is no rest for me!





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