Bed in Summer

David

Bed in Summer

A Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894

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In w _ _ _ _ r winter I get up _?_ at night
And dress _?_ by yellow c _ _ _ _ e candle -light.
In s _ _ _ _ r summer , quite _?_ the other way,
I have _?_ to go to bed _?_ by day.

I have to go _?_ to bed and see
The b _ _ _ s birds still h _ _ _ _ _ g hopping on the tree,
Or h _ _ r hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going _ _ _ _ past me _?_ in the street.

And _?_ does it not seem hard _?_ to you,
When all _?_ the sky is clear and b _ _ _ blue ,
And I should like _?_ so much to p _ _ y play ,
To h _ _ e have to go to _?_ bed by day?