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THE SUN'S TRAVELS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SUN IS NOT A-BED, WHEN I
Last Line: ARE GETTING UP AND BEING DRESSED.
Subject(s): SUN;

The sun is not a-bed, when I
At night upon my pillow lie;
Still round the earth his way he takes,
And morning after morning makes.

While here at home, in shining day,
We round the sunny garden play,
Each little Indian sleepy-head
Is being kissed and put to bed.

And when at eve I rise form tea,
Day dawns beyond the Atlantic Sea;
And all the children in the west
Are getting up and being dressed.



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