Shepherd! who with thine amorous sylvan songs <br />Hast broken the slumber that encompassed me, <br />Who mad'st thy crook from the accursed tree, <br />On which thy powerful arms were stretched so long! <br />Lead me to mercy's ever-flowing fountains; <br />For thou my shepherd, guard, and guide shalt be ; <br />I will obey thy voice, and wait to see <br />Thy feet all beautiful upon the mountains. <br />Hear, Shepherd! thou who for thy flock art dying, <br />Oh, wash away these scarlet sins, for thou <br />Rejoicest at the contrite sinner's vow. <br />Oh, wait! to thee my weary soul is crying, <br />Wait for me! Yet why ask it, when I see, <br />With feet nailed to the cross, thou'rt waiting still for me?<br /><br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-good-shepherd-from-the-spanish-of-lope-de-vega/
