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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REALITY, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, it is nice to lie in bed
Last Line: With straight, brown hair that will not curl!
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Children; Girls; Childhood
First Line: Oh, it is nice to lie in bed
Last Line: With straight, brown hair that will not curl!
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Children; Girls; Childhood
OH, IT is nice to lie in bed
With a fat pillow for my head
And ironed sheets, so straight and white,
And little flickery bits of light
Chased by long shadows on the wall,
Like goblin children playing ball!
I have such nice thinks in my head,
The thinks I save to think in bed,
Curious things!—like knights and kings
And magic birds with golden wings,
White cats that talk instead of purr—
A Princess, too—and I am her!
But when night brings another day
And breakfast comes and school and play—
I can't feel sure about that cat,
And kings wear black coats and a hat,
While I am just a little girl
With straight, brown hair that will not curl!
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