The Long Sleep

The Long Sleep written by William Henry Davies

From "The Bird of Paradise", 1914

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They press the pillow on their mother's face and head;
They take her by the arm to pull her out of bed —
And still that mother sleeps and will not wake and play.

They laugh and pull, and still their mother will not heed;
The pillow pressed, and yet no breath she seems to need —
For still their mother sleeps and will not wake and play.

In pity for those babes a neighbour's head is bowed;
In pity for her grief those children sob aloud —
And more than ever wish their mother'd wake and play.

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