Careful Words

shepherd (n.)

shepherd (v.)

Gentle shepherd, tell me where.

Samuel Howard (1710-1782).

  It goes much against my stomach. Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.

The star that bids the shepherd fold.

John Milton (1608-1674): Comus. Line 93.

And every shepherd tells his tale

Under the hawthorn in the dale.

John Milton (1608-1674): L'Allegro. Line 67.

Blessing on him who invented sleep,—the mantle that covers all human thoughts, the food that appeases hunger, the drink that quenches thirst, the fire that warms cold, the cold that moderates heat, and, lastly, the general coin that purchases all things, the balance and weight that equals the shepherd with the king, and the simple with the wise.—Jarvis's translation.