Today’s Poem: Bed in Summer

Robert Louis Stevenson and a child’s experience

Joseph Bottum

Jun 05, 2024

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Berthe Morisot, *Enfant au lit,* c. 1890 (Wikimedia Commons)

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Bed in Summer

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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 st…

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