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“A Good Boy”
Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Face of a boy looking left
 I woke before the morning, I was happy all the day, 
 I never said an ugly word, but smiled and stuck to play.
 
 And now at last the sun is going down behind the wood, 
 And I am very happy, for I know that I’ve been good.
 
 My bed is waiting cool and fresh, with linen smooth and fair, 
 And I must be off to sleepsin-by, and not forget my prayer.
 
 I know that, till to-morrow I shall see the sun arise, 
 No ugly dream shall fright my mind, no ugly sight my eyes.
 
 But slumber hold me tightly till I waken in the dawn, 
 And hear the thrushes singing in the lilacs round the lawn.

 

 
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