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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHILD'S EVENSONG, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE Poet's Biography First Line: The sun is weary, for he ran Last Line: And sleep--sleep--sleep in happy beds. | |||
The sun is weary, for he ran So far and fast to-day; The birds are weary, for who sang So many songs as they? The bees and butterflies at last Are tired out, for just think too How many gardens through the day Their little wings have fluttered through. And so, as all tired people do, They've gone to lay their sleepy heads Deep, deep in warm and happy beds. The sun has shut his golden eye And gone to sleep beneath the sky, The birds and butterflies and bees Have all crept into flowers and trees, And all lie quiet, still as mice, Till morning comes--like father's voice. So Geoffrey, Owen, Phyllis, you Must sleep away till morning, too. Close little eyes, down little heads, And sleep--sleep--sleep in happy beds. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER THE WAR by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE WHAT OF THE DARKNESS?; TO THE HAPPY DEAD PEOPLE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A BALLADE OF OLD SWEETHEARTS by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A LOVER'S UNIVERSE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A MELTON MOWBRAY PORK PIE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A MERRY CHRISTMAS - IN SPITE OF ALL! by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A RAINY DAY by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A WARNING by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE AFTER TIBULLUS by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE AN ECHO FROM HORACE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE |
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