A watching of his fleecy herd,
With threadbare coat and downcast eye,
To which the stranger did draw nigh.
“‘O noble shepherd, can you tell
How long you kept sheep on this hill?’
‘Zeven yeur in Zundays I have been
A shepherd on this hill so green.’
“‘That is a long time, I must own,
You have kept sheep upon this down;
I think that you must have been told