NEARLY BEDTIME.
Reading edition
ONLY half an hour or so Before nurse calls them to bed, And the ruddy light of a cheerful fire Shines over each curly head.
No trouble have they, no sorrow— Their hearts are lighter than air, No fear that a dark to-morrow May bring with it want or care.
God send them each on their pathway Many a wayside flower; And grant, in the evening of lifetime, The joy of the evening hour.
Lithographed and printed by Ernest Nister of Nuremberg.
Transcriber’s Note:
In the first line of the second verse of The Pet Rabbit “than” has been changed to “then”. An apostrophe has been added to the title of “Father’s Boat“ and a hyphen added to “to-night”.