When Day Is Done

"When Day is Done" by Edgar A. Guest is a collection of poetry from this beloved British-American poet. We're Dreamers All, What Home's Intended For, What I Call Living, What Is Success?, What Makes an Artist, What We Need, When Day Is Done, Life Is What We Make It, Life's Single Standard, Little Girls Are Best, Little Wrangles, He's Taken Out His Papers, Home and the Office and Homely Man are just some of the poems in this volume of work.

Go to sleep my little one. We sleep when day is done. The sun is setting and it's almost night. Children from various families say goodbye to friends--including the sun, trees, and flowers--and move inside to complete their bedtime routines. With vivid imagery and child-friendly poetry, each verse ends with the simple refrain, "We sleep when day is done." When Day Is Done is a soothing bedtime book, perfect for calming down after a busy day.

When Kate and Rose Drew are orphaned in October 1904 they are separated. Kate is taken in by Aunt Mildred and is soon put to good use helping her run a Liverpool boarding house. Rose, meanwhile, is adopted by Aunt Beattie, a wealthy widow who spoils and smothers her pretty young niece. As the two sisters grow up their lives follow very different paths. But, at the end of the day, it is not what Kate and Rose have in life that counts, it is what they choose to make of it...

The prayers are for those who want to end the day with a simple form of night prayer. Father Boyer offers selections that correspond to the seasons of the liturgical year but are simple and easy enough to be prayed in a minute or two. Each is an original prayer that echoes words from the psalms and other biblical writings. His hope is that readers will keep these prayers on a night table or bed stand where they can easily reach them before turning out the light--when their day is done.

... a charming interpretation of the 1960s folk song.