Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BED DURING EXAMS, by CLARA WARREN VAIL


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BED DURING EXAMS, by                    
First Line: I used to go to bed at night
Last Line: I cannot get to bed till day?
Subject(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894)


I USED to go to bed at night,
And only worked when day was light.
But now 'tis quite the other way,
I never get to bed till day.

I look up from my work and see
The morning light shine in on me,
And listen to a warning knell --
The tinkle of the rising bell.

And does there not seem cause to weep,
When I should like so much to sleep,
I have to sing this mournful lay,
I cannot get to bed till day?





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