II + 

Beneath a rock, upon the grass, + 

Two Boys are sitting in the sun; + 

It seems they have no work to do, + 

Or that their work is done. + 

On pipes of sycamore they play + 

The fragments of a Christmas Hymn; + 

Or with that plant which in our dale + 

We call Stag-horn, or Fox’s Tail, + 

Their rusty Hats they trim: + 

And thus, as happy as the Day, + 

Those Shepherds wear the time away. + 