Lyric Poem · For Kids
Bed in Summer
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or 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 blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
This poem is in the public domain.
“Bed in Summer” by Robert Louis Stevenson — quilloak.com/poems/bed-in-summer
Quick facts
- Poem
- Bed in Summer
- Poet
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Length
- 12 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- For Kids, Nature, Summer, Winter
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