Christina Rossetti, Lie a-bed (Sing-Song)

Lie a-bed, Sleepy head, Shut up eyes, bo-peep; Till daybreak Never wake:— Baby, sleep.

Christina Rossetti Lie a-bed (Sing-Song) the whole poem (6 lines) first published 1872

Edition: Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book, illustrated by Arthur Hughes (Macmillan, 1893)
Read the whole text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76703
Rights: Public domain: Christina Rossetti died in 1894; this edition was published in 1893.

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