| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Ad Pastores Otiosos et Somnolentos | | LXXII. Andrew Willet |
| | | | The shepheard good doth watche his sheepe, |
| And from the wolfe them safe doth keepe: |
| The hireling from his flock doth goe, |
| And is the first that flieth from foe. |
THE PASTOUR which the soules doe feede, | |
| And alwayes teacheth heauenly reede, | |
| And doth not any daunger feare, | |
| Is like the shepheard set foorth here. | |
| But he that onely gaine doth minde, | 5 |
| Leauing his flock and all behinde, | |
| Running away so he safe be, | |
| An idle shepheard sure is he. | | | | |
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