Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FLOWER LULLABY, by ADDIE LITCHFIELD


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FLOWER LULLABY, by                    
First Line: All of the flowers are going to bed
Last Line: "with pretty night-caps of dark brown and red."
Subject(s): Flowers


All of the flowers are going to bed,
Daisies are nodding their pretty white heads,
Clovers have softly just whispered "Good-night,"
Soon Mother Nature will tuck them up tight.
"Lullaby, lullaby," now the winds sigh,
"Mother will watch you while winter is nigh;"
Over them softly she spreads a white sheet,
"Lullaby, lullaby, sleep, babies, sleep."

Softly, so softly, she's calling them all;
"Hasten, oh, bluebells, or night shades will fall;
Buttercups, buttercups, come to your rest,
Little forget-me-not is all undressed.
"Maples are taking off dresses of green,
And in bright dressing-gowns now can be seen;
Oak trees are going more slowly to bed,
With pretty night-caps of dark brown and red."





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