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A GOOD BOY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

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First Line: I WOKE BEFORE THE MORNING, I WAS HAPPY ALL THE DAY
Last Line: AND HEAR THE THRUSHES SINGING IN THE LILACS ROUND THE LAWN.
I woke before the morning, I was happy all the day,
I never said an ugly word, but smiled and stuck to play.

And now at last the sun iting cool and fresh, with linen
smooth and fair,
And I must be off to sleepsin-by, and not forget my prayer.

I know that, till to-morrow I shall see the sun arise,
No ugly dream shall fright my mind, no ugly sight my eyes.

But slumber hold me tightly till I waken in the dawn,
And hear the thrushes singing in the lilacs round the lawn.




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