O SHEPHERDS! take my crook from me, For I no longer here can stay. There comes a whisper from the sea, Calling my soul from you away; Friends of my heart! long tried and true, O let me leave my crook with you. An idle shepherd have I lain, Dreaming while sheep-dogs barked in vain, Or chasing rhymes to wreathe the strain Which from sweet musing grew. Above the stars I drift in thought, Melodious murmurings in my ears; As though the upborne spirit caught Soft echoes from the higher spheres. But see! far up the azure height, Bright Sirius hails me with his light! My soul, impatient of delay, Rides on the wings of thought away, My heart alone with you can stay: My Shepherds dear -- Good night! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POETRY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SMOTHERED FIRES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CLASS SONG (WHICH WILL BE SUNG ON THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY) by GEORGE SANTAYANA DUSK IN WAR TIME by SARA TEASDALE |