Written for One in Sore Pain + 

Shepherd, on before thy sheep, + 

Hear thy lamb that bleats behind! + 

Scarce the track I stumbling keep! + 

Through my thin fleece blows the wind! + 

Turn and see me, Son of Man! + 

Turn and lift thy Father’s child; + 

Scarce I walk where once I ran: + 

Carry me⁠—the wind is wild! + 

Thou art strong⁠—thy strength wilt share; + 

My poor weight thou wilt not feel; + 

Weakness made thee strong to bear, + 

Suffering made thee strong to heal! + 

I were still a wandering sheep + 

But for thee, O Shepherd-man! + 

Following now, I faint, I weep, + 

Yet I follow as I can! + 

Shepherd, if I fall and lie + 

Moaning in the frosty wind, + 

Yet, I know, I shall not die⁠— + 

Thou wilt miss me⁠—and wilt find! + 