Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SHEPHERDESS, by ALICE MEYNELL


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First Line: She walks - the lady of my delight
Last Line: A shepherdess of sheep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Variant Title(s): The Lady Of The Lambs
Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses


SHE walks -- the lady of my delight --
A shepherdess of sheep.
Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white;
She guards them from the steep;
She feeds them on the fragrant height,
And folds them in for sleep.

She roams maternal hills and bright,
Dark valleys safe and deep.
Into that tender breast at night
The chastest stars may peep.
She walks -- the lady of my delight --
A shepherdess of sheep.

She holds her little thoughts in sight,
Though gay they run and leap.
She is so circumspect and right;
She has her soul to keep.
She walks -- the lady of my delight --
A shepherdess of sheep.




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