Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GOOD SLEEP, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: You do not need a bed of down Last Line: But -- add a bit of play! Subject(s): Sleep | ||||||||
You do not need a bed of down To give you sleep at night, A counterpane of pink and brown And pillow soft and white. You do not need a pretty room All dressed in dainty blue, Where soundest slumber-health may come, With pleasant dreams, to you. But fill the day with labor, Ned, And work with all your might, For that will fill the hardest bed With softest down, at night. And if you want a counterpane With many colors gay, Not only work with might and main, But -- add a bit of play! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 3 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 22 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE GOING TO SLEEP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE BLUE NAP by WILLIAM MATTHEWS A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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