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NED VAUGHAN by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: A SHEPHERD, NED VAUGHAN
Last Line: AND SHEPHERD IN SLEEP.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; LABOR & LABORERS; WORK; WORKERS;

A Shepherd, Ned Vaughan,
'Neath this Tombestone do bide,
His Crook in his hand,
And his Dog him beside.
Bleak and cold fell the Snow
On Marchmallysdon Steep,
And folded both sheepdog
And Shepherd in Sleep.



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