Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIOLIN SONGS: BEDTIME, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, children, put away your toys Last Line: Coming to carry us to bed. Subject(s): Children; Family Life; Sleep; Childhood; Relatives | ||||||||
"COME, children, put away your toys; Roll up that kite's long line; The day is done for girls and boys Look, it is almost nine! Come, weary foot, and sleepy head, Get up, and come along to bed." The children, loath, must yet obey; Up the long stair they creep; Lie down, and something sing or say Until they fall asleep, To steal through caverns of the night Into the morning's golden light. We, elder ones, sit up more late, And tasks unfinished ply, But, gently busy, watch and wait Dear sister, you and I, To hear the Father, with soft tread, Coming to carry us to bed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES LIZARDS AND SNAKES by ANTHONY HECHT THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES: I LOVE by LYN HEJINIAN CHILD ON THE MARSH by ANDREW HUDGINS MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS THE GLASS HAMMER by ANDREW HUDGINS INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA by LYNDA HULL LOST AND FOUND by GEORGE MACDONALD THAT HOLY THING by GEORGE MACDONALD THE BABY, FR. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND by GEORGE MACDONALD |
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