The Sheep

“Lazy sheep, pray tell me why

In the pleasant field you lie,

Eating grass and daisies white,

From the morning till the night;

Everything can something do,

But what kind of use are you?”

“Nay, my little master, nay,

Do not serve me so, I pray.

Don’t you see the wool that grows

On my back to make your clothes?

Cold, ah, very cold you’d be,

If you had not wool from me.”

Ann Taylor