Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep, To Thee for help we fly: Thy little flock in safety keep, For Oh! the wolf is nigh. He comes, of hellish malice full, To scatter, tear, and slay; He seizes every straggling soul As his own lawful prey. Us into Thy protection take, And gather with Thine arm; Unless the fold we first forsake, The wolf can never harm. We laugh to scorn his cruel power, While by our Shepherd's side; The sheep he never can devour, Unless he first divide. O do not suffer him to part The souls that here agree; But make us of one mind and heart, And keep us one in Thee. Together let us sweetly live, Together let us die; And each a starry crown receive, And reign above the sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SINGER OF ONE SONG by HENRY AUGUSTIN BEERS CAELICA: 100 by FULKE GREVILLE THE NIGHT-PIECE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK SONNET: 109 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE TO ALFRED TENNYSON, MY GRANDSON by ALFRED TENNYSON ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 14. THE COMPLAINT by MARK AKENSIDE THE LAY OF THE OLD WOMAN CLOTHED IN GREY; A LEGEND OF DOVER by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |