Living
Early to Bed and Early to Rise
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
Early to bed and early to rise:
If that would make me wealthy and wise
I'd rise at daybreak, cold or hot,
And go back to bed at once. Why not?
Cite this poem
MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Early to Bed and Early to Rise.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/116/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Early to Bed and Early to Rise.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/116/.
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