Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHEN I GET INTO BED, by BURGES JOHNSON



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First Line: I'm never frightened in the dark
Last Line: As I get into bed.
Subject(s): Beds; Children; Fear; Night; Childhood; Bedtime


I'm never frightened in the dark,
Though I am very small;
I never sit all scared and hark
For Ogres in the hall.
But when my prayers are said
I have one awful dread,
That something waits to grab my toes
When I get into bed!

I try to think of pleasant things
Each time I get undressed;
And how each day no evil brings
If children do their best.
But the thought comes in my head,
As I'm turning down the spread,
That something's going to grab my toes
As I get into bed.

And when there's nothing more to do,
With bedclothes open wide,
It makes me shiver through and through
A-trying to decide
Which foot shall go ahead,
'Cause I'm sure I'd tumble dead
If something ever grabbed my toes
As I get into bed.





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