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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...OZYMANDIAS REVISITED by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP IN THE HOLY NATIVITY [OF OUR LORD GOD]; AS SUNG BY SHEPHERDS by RICHARD CRASHAW PRAYER OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCE by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER SONNET TO HOPE by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS |
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