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<h1 id="id02256" style="margin-top: 5em"> <i>BEDTIME</i>.</h1>
<p id="id02257" style="margin-top: 2em"> "Come, children, put away your toys;<br/>
Roll up that kite's long line;<br/>
The day is done for girls and boys—<br/>
Look, it is almost nine!<br/>
Come, weary foot, and sleepy head,<br/>
Get up, and come along to bed."<br/></p>
<p id="id02258"> The children, loath, must yet obey;<br/>
Up the long stair they creep;<br/>
Lie down, and something sing or say<br/>
Until they fall asleep,<br/>
To steal through caverns of the night<br/>
Into the morning's golden light.<br/></p>
<p id="id02259"> We, elder ones, sit up more late,<br/>
And tasks unfinished ply,<br/>
But, gently busy, watch and wait—<br/>
Dear sister, you and I,<br/>
To hear the Father, with soft tread,<br/>
Coming to carry us to bed.<br/></p>
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