| Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Leaves of Life (1888)
III. Morning Song | | By 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 | 5 |
| Mother sees the sun again. | |
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| Baby darling, sleep no more! | |
| All the other flowers have done | |
| With their sleeping—you, my flower, | |
| Are the only sleepy one; | 10 |
| All the pink-frilled daisies shout: | |
| “Bring our little sister out!” | |
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| Baby darling, in the sun | |
| Birds are singing, sweet and shrill; | |
| And my bird’s the only one | 15 |
| That is nestled softly still. | |
| Baby—if you only knew, | |
| All the birds are calling you! | |
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| Baby darling, all is bright, | |
| God has brought the sunshine here; | 20 |
| And the sleepy silent night | |
| Comes back soon enough, my dear! | |
| Wake, my darling, night is done | |
| Sunbeams call my little one! | | | | |
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