Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


"SHEPHERDS, RISE!" by ANONYMOUS

First Line: SHEPHERD'S RISE! AND SHAKE OFF SLEEP
Last Line: "SO UNFOLD, AND THEN AWAY"
Subject(s): SHEPHERDS & SHEPHERDESSES;

SHEPHERDS, rise! and shake off sleep,
See the blushing moon doth peep
Through your windows, while the sun
To the mountain tops has run.

Up! up! ye lazy swains,
Clasp your cloaks fast, lest they yield
To the bitter north-east wind.

Feed your faithful dogs and pray
Heaven to keep you from decay,
So unfold, and then away.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net