Bed in Summer
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people’s feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
-Robert Louis Stevenson
On a completely unrelated note, I really liked this post from Brother Charles on asking one of his older confreres for a blessing.
3 comments:
Reminds me of the 3 years I spent in Fairbanks, AK. Always dark or always light.
Did you sleep a lot more in winter, then? I find even in California that I need less sleep in summertime; the light really helps.
I sleep longer when I'm cold.
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