Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHEPHERD'S LAMENT, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS A SONG FROM THE COPTIC by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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