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THE SHEPHERD OF NYMPHS by HENRY VAN DYKE

First Line: THE NYMPHS A SHEPHERD TOOK
Last Line: THE NYMPHS A SHEPHERD NEED.
Subject(s): NYMPHS; SHEPHERDS & SHEPHERDESSES;
THE nymphs a shepherd took
To guard their snowy sheep;
He led them down along the brook,
And guided them with pipe and crook,
Until he fell asleep.

But when the piping stayed,
Across the flowery mead
The milk-white nymphs ran out afraid:
O Thyrsis, wake! Your flock has strayed, --
The nymphs a shepherd need.



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