The Shepherd (Blake)

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The Shepherd is a poem from William Blake's Songs of Innocence (1784), later included in his joint collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794).

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"The Shepherd"

How sweet is the shepherds sweet lot,
From the morn to the evening he strays:
He shall follow his sheep all the day
And his tongue shall be filled with praise.

For he hears the lambs innocent call.
And he hears the ewes tender reply
He is watchful while they are in peace,
For they know when their shepherd is nigh.

Taken from William Blake- Songs of Innocence and Experience
published by Oxford University Press.