Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling

Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!
Angels they are and the day is dawning.
What is this ding-dong,
Or loud singing is it?
Come Bras, now the day is here.
The shepherdess we'll visit.
Shepherd, shepherd hark that calling!
Angels they are and the day is dawning.
O, is this the Alcade's daughter,
Or some lady come from far?
She is daughter of God the Father,
And she shines like a star.
Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!
Angels they are and the day is dawning.

by Arthur Symons (1865-1945) , no title, from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1, in From Santa Teresa, published 1914

a text in Spanish by St. Teresa of Ávila (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada) (1515-1582) [text unavailable]

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by Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) , "Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling", published 1949 [alto and string orchestra], from Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avila, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2003-11-29.

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