Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOST SHEEP, by SARAH PRATT MCCLAIN GREENE Poet's Biography First Line: De massa ob de sheepfo! Last Line: Dey all comes gadderin' in. Alternate Author Name(s): Greene, Sally Pratt Mclean Variant Title(s): De Sheepfol' Subject(s): God; Sheep | ||||||||
DE massa ob de sheepfol', Dat guards de sheepfol' bin, Look out in de gloomerin' meadows, Wha'r de long night rain begin -- So he call to de hirelin' shepa'd, "Is my sheep, is dey all come in?" Oh den, says de hirelin' shepa'd: "Dey's some, dey's black and thin, And some, dey's po' ol' wedda's; But de res', dey's all brung in. But de res', dey's all brung in." Den de massa ob de sheepfol', Dat guards de sheepfol' bin, Goes down in de gloomerin' meadows, Wha'r de long night rain begin -- So he le' down de ba's ob de sheepfol', Callin' sof', "Come in. Come in." Callin' sof', "Come in. Come in." Den up t'ro' de gloomerin' meadows, T'co' de col' night rain and win', And up t'ro' de gloomerin' rain-paf', Wha'r de sleet fa' pie'cin' thin, De po' los' sheep ob de sheepfol', Dey all comes gadderin' in. De po' los'sheep ob de sheepfol', Dey all comes gadderin' in. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHEEP IN THE RUINS by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL MATANZA TO WELCOME SPRING by JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON A CHILD'S PET by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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