Half-past bunny-time,
‘ Possums by the moon;
Tea and bread-and-honey time,
Sleep-time soon.
Things that poets pant to see,
The beautiful, the true,
Are nothing to the phantasy
The closed eyes view.
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SLEEP SONG · Frank Leslie Thomson Wilmot · Poetry Cove