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 ^[1] on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up ^[2] 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?

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[1] hop [hɔp] v． 双足跳行

[2] grown-up [ˈɡrəunˈʌp] a. 成年的 GA+F+9AOharGuUiMYpqBwtl668wJZSF+vw6QtxfZsar/v1XnZBtkPgC+iJ3vethP