# Good Night

- Source: McGuffey's Third Reader (third-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg
- Reading level: Grades 3 and 4
- Subjects: Poems, Animals
- Topics: good, night, birds, kiss, merry, sleep
- Length: 132 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14766>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-third/third-79-good-night>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=mcguffey-third/third-79-good-night>

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The sun is hidden from our sight,  
The birds are sleeping sound;  
'T is time to say to all, "Good night!"  
And give a kiss all round.

Good night, my father, mother, dear!  
Now kiss your little son;  
Good night, my friends, both far and near!  
Good night to every one.

Good night, ye merry, merry birds!  
Sleep well till morning light;  
Perhaps, if you could sing in words,  
You would have said, "Good night!"

To all my pretty flowers, good night!  
You blossom while I sleep;  
And all the stars, that shine so bright,  
With you their watches keep.

The moon is lighting up the skies,  
The stars are sparkling there;  
'T is time to shut our weary eyes,  
And say our evening prayer.  
Mrs. Follen.

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