| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Violin Songs.
II. Bed Time | | By George MacDonald (1824–1905) |
| | | “COME, children, put away your toys; | |
| Roll up the kite’s long line; | |
| The day is done for girls and boys— | |
| Look, it is almost nine! | |
| Come, weary foot, and sleepy head, | 5 |
| Get up, and come along to bed.” | |
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| The children, loath, must yet obey; | |
| Up the long stair they creep; | |
| Lie down, and something sing or say | |
| Until they fall asleep, | 10 |
| To steal through caverns of the night | |
| Into the morning’s golden light. | |
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| We, elder ones, sit up more late, | |
| And tasks unfinished ply, | |
| But, gently busy, watch and wait— | 15 |
| Dear sister, you and I, | |
| To hear the Father, with soft tread, | |
| Coming to carry us to bed. | | | | |
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