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SLEEP, MY TREASURE by EDITH BLAND NESBIT

Poem Explanation

First Line: SLEEP, SLEEP, MY TREASURE
Last Line: AND YOU MUST SLEEP TILL THE DAISIES WAKE!
Subject(s): SOCIALISM;
Sleep, sleep, my treasure,
The long day's pleasure
Has tired the birds, to their nests they creep;
The garden still is
Alight with lilies,
But all the daisies are fast asleep.
Sleep, sleep, my darling,
Dawn wakes the starling,
The sparrow stirs when he sees day break;
But all the meadow
Is wrapped in shadow,
And you must sleep till the daisies wake!



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