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(El Buen Pastor)
By Lope de Vega
Shepherd! who with thine amorous, sylvan song / Hast broken the slumber that encompassed me, / Who mad'st thy crook from the accursed tree, / On which thy powerful arms were stretched so long! / Lead me to mercy's ever-flowing fountains; / For thou my shepherd, guard, and guide shalt be; / I will obey thy voice, and wait to see / Thy feet all beautiful upon the mountains. / Hear, Shepherd! thou who for thy flock art dying, / O, wash away these scarlet sins, for thou / Rejoicest at the contrite sinner's vow. / O, wait! to thee my weary soul is crying, / Wait for me! Yet why ask it, when I see, / With feet nailed to the cross, thou 'rt waiting still for me!