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THE HERDSMAN.
Happy Herdsman, 'tend thy kine,
On thy grassy couch reclining;
Sweet contentment may be thine,
Thine, be Love without repining.
On thy grassy couch reclining;
Sweet contentment may be thine,
Thine, be Love without repining.
Nature smiles in Summer's day,
Health and cheerfulness restoring,
Chasing care and grief away;
Bidding vanish vain deploring.
Health and cheerfulness restoring,
Chasing care and grief away;
Bidding vanish vain deploring.
Faithful Tray beside thee lies,
Patient, constant, watchful ever,
Thine be Friendships social ties,
Love which Death alone can sever.
Patient, constant, watchful ever,
Thine be Friendships social ties,
Love which Death alone can sever.
Greet the Herdsman, happy swains,
Greet him all ye faithful yeomen:
Sweet contentment has no pains,
Be content with peaceful omen.
Greet him all ye faithful yeomen:
Sweet contentment has no pains,
Be content with peaceful omen.
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