Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MORNING SUN, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY


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THE MORNING SUN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I like the sun of afternoon
Last Line: To drive a person crazy!
Subject(s): Children; Sleep; Childhood


I LIKE the sun of afternoon
So golden and so mellow;
I like the sun who goes to bed
Wrapped up in red and yellow;
But I don't like the morning sun,
I never get my dream-thinks done—
He's such a saucy fellow!

When I am just, say, half awake,
He's at my window peeping,
And, though I shut my eyes hard-tight,
I feel him coming, creeping
Across the carpet to my bed,
No matter how I turn my head,
It means "good-bye" to sleeping!

He dances on my eyes, and shouts
"Hi, there! get up this minute!
There's something doing out of doors;
Look sharp! You won't be in it!
I do so hate to hear you snore.
The birds are up this hour or more—
Hark! Don't you hear that linnet?"

Now that might be all right, you know,
If one were really lazy;
But when one only likes to lie
With thoughts all dreamy-hazy
And misty-queer, it seems a sin
To have that Mr. Sun dance in
To drive a person crazy!





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