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TIME TO RISE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: A BIRDIE WITH A YELLOW BILL
Last Line: "AIN'T YOU 'SHAMED, YOU SLEEPY-HEAD!"
Subject(s): MORNING;

A birdie with a yellow bill
Hopped upon my window sill,
Cocked his shining eye and said:
"Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head!"




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