Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BY HER WHITE BED, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY



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First Line: By her white bed I muse a little
Last Line: "would mutely plead: ""nay, lord! Let him so sleep."
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Beds; Flowers; Love; Night; Roses; Bedtime


BY her white bed I muse a little space:
She fell asleep -- not very long ago, --
And yet the grass was here and not the snow --
The leaf, the bud, the blossom, and -- her face! --
Midsummer's heaven above us, and the grace
Of Love's own day, from dawn to afterglow;
The fireflies' glimmering, and the sweet and low
Plaint of the whippoorwills, and every place
In thicker twilight for the roses' scent.
Then night. -- She slept -- in such tranquillity,
I walk atiptoe still, nor dare to weep,
Feeling, in all this hush, she rests content --
That though God stood to wake her for me, she
Would mutely plead: "Nay, Lord! Let him so sleep."





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