Living

A Pastoral

by The Goliards (Wandering Scholars) c. 1100–1250

Translated by John Addington Symonds (1884) · From Wine, Women, and Song (1884)

Living

There went out in the dawning light
A little rustic maiden;
Her flock so white, her crook so slight,
With fleecy new wool laden.

Small is the flock, and there you'll see
The she-ass and the wether;
This goat's a he, and that's a she,
The bull-calf and the heifer.

She looked upon the green sward, where
A student lay at leisure:
"What do you there, young sir, so fair?"
"Come, play with me, my treasure!"

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The Goliards (Wandering Scholars). “A Pastoral.” Translated by John Addington Symonds. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goliards/23/.

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The Goliards (Wandering Scholars). “A Pastoral.” Translated by John Addington Symonds. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goliards/23/.

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