Tis Sunrise Little Maid Hast Thou
poem 908
Tis Sunrise Little Maid Hast Thou - meaning Summary
Urgent Plea Across the Day
The speaker addresses a "little maid" through Sunrise, Noon, and Night, shifting from gentle rebuke to anxious warning. Morning and midday images (industry, lily, bee) urge attention to life and duty. By night the poem reveals a darker turn: the maid has contemplated death. The speaker expresses regret at failing to dissuade or assist, framing the sequence as an escalating plea against withdrawal from life.
Read Complete Analyses‘Tis Sunrise Little Maid Hast Thou No Station in the Day? ‘Twas not thy wont, to hinder so Retrieve thine industry ‘Tis Noon My little Maid Alas and art thou sleeping yet? The Lily waiting to be Wed The Bee Hast thou forgot? My little Maid ’Tis Night Alas That Night should be to thee Instead of Morning Had’st thou broached Thy little Plan to Die Dissuade thee, if I could not, Sweet, I might have aided thee
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