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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS The Shepherd.

Among the hills of night my thoughts
 * Go wandering lost and lorn;

No rest they find, or gleam of light
 * To solace them till morn;

Stumbling they fare, and know not where
 * Safe pasturage to win:

Oh, Shepherd Sleep, across the steep
 * Go out and call them in!

An errant flock, they follow far
 * By bitter pools of tears,

Lured on by Memory's lonely voice
 * And tracked by stealthy fears;

But wanderings cease, doubt sinks in peace,
 * If once the fold they win;

Oh, Shepherd Sleep, across the steep
 * Go out and call them in!

Elizabeth Roberts Macdonald. 87