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Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.

By Leaves of Life (1888). III. Morning Song

Edith (Nesbit) Bland (1858–1924)

BABY darling, wake and see,

Morning’s here, my little rose;

Open eyes and smile at me

Ere I clasp and kiss you close.

Baby darling, smile! for then

Mother sees the sun again.

Baby darling, sleep no more!

All the other flowers have done

With their sleeping—you, my flower,

Are the only sleepy one;

All the pink-frilled daisies shout:

“Bring our little sister out!”

Baby darling, in the sun

Birds are singing, sweet and shrill;

And my bird’s the only one

That is nestled softly still.

Baby—if you only knew,

All the birds are calling you!

Baby darling, all is bright,

God has brought the sunshine here;

And the sleepy silent night

Comes back soon enough, my dear!

Wake, my darling, night is done

Sunbeams call my little one!