the shepherdess

　　alice meynell

　　she walks——the lady of my delight——

　　a shepherdess of sheep.

　　her flocks are thoughts.she keep them white;

　　she guards them from the steep.

　　she feeds them on the fragrant height

　　and folds them in for sleep.

　　she roams maternal hills and bright,

　　dark valleys safe and deep.

　　into that tender breast at night

　　the chastest stars may peep.

　　she walks——the lady of my delight——

　　a shepherdess of sheep.

　　she holds her little thoughts in sight,

　　though gay they run and leap.

　　she is so circumspect and right;

　　she has her soul to keep.

　　she walks——the lady of my delight——

　　a shepherdess of sheep.

　　阿里斯·美那爾

　　她是在徜徉——我愉快的姑娘——

　　牧羊的女兒在牧羊。

　　她的羊群是思想，她使它們明亮;

　　她不讓它們走近懸崖，

　　她飼養(yǎng)著它們?cè)诜曳嫉那鹆晟希?/p>

　　使它們安息在羊欄房。

　　慈祥的小丘映著陽(yáng)光，

　　平安的幽谷，她在徜徉

　　夜里有那些最潔凈的星星，

　　窺進(jìn)那柔軟的胸膛。

　　她在徜徉——我愉快的'姑娘——

　　牧羊的女兒在牧羊。

　　她照管著她那些小思想，

　　盡管它們跳躍的好癲狂。

　　她是那樣地小心而又端莊;

　　看守著自己的靈魂不放。

　　她在徜徉——我愉快的姑娘——

　　牧羊的女兒在牧羊。