| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Action Poem | | By Helen Hoyt |
| | From “Poems of Life and Death”
A Song to Wake Your Dear in the Morning
I KISS the locks of your hair: | |
| Do you feel me there, | |
| Sleepy one? | |
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| I will put a kiss on your brow: | |
| Are you waking now? | 5 |
| Won’t you wake, sleepy one? | |
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| A kiss on your left eye; on your right— | |
| Closed tight, closed tight! | |
| Oh, you are a hard one to wake! | |
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| A kiss on your nose | 10 |
| Where your deep breath goes, | |
| Sleepy one! | |
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| Now a kiss for each ear: | |
| Do you hear, do you hear? | |
| Wake, sleepy one! | 15 |
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| A kiss for this cheek; a kiss for this: | |
| How many kisses you will miss! | |
| Won’t you wake? Won’t you wake? | |
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| Now I come to your lips that I love: | |
| Oh, you are waking! You wake and move! | 20 |
| Sleepy one! | |
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| Sleepy one, | |
| My kisses are done. | |
| Oh, you are a hard one to wake! | | | | |
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