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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEDTIME SONG, by ANNE EMILIE POULSSON First Line: Sleep, my baby, while I sing Last Line: Baby now must go to sleep. Alternate Author Name(s): Poulsson, Emilie | |||
Sleep, my baby, while I sing Bed-time news of everything. Chickens run to mother hen; Piggy curls up in the pen. In the field, all tired with play, Quiet now the lambkins stay. Kittens cuddle in a heap-- Baby, too, must go to sleep! Sleep, my baby, while I sing Bed-time news of everything. Now the cows from pasture come; Bees fly home with drowsy hum. Little birds are in the nest, Under mother-bird's soft breast. Over all soft shadows creep-- Baby now must go to sleep. Sleep, my baby, while I sing Bed-time news of everything. Sleepy flowers seem to nod, Drooping toward the dewy sod; While the big sun's fading light Bids my baby dear good-night. Mother loving watch will keep; Baby now must go to sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 3. AFTER THE CLUB-DANCE by THOMAS HARDY THE SLAVE MOTHER by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER TO HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK OF THE DAY ESTIVALL by ALEXANDER HUME CUMNOR HALL by WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE |
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