Lullaby of a Lover

SING lullaby, as women do

With which they bring their babes to rest; And lullaby can I sing too,

As womanly as can the best.
With lullaby they still the child;
And if I be not much beguiled,
Full many wanton babes have I
Which must be stilled with lullaby.

First, lullaby my youthful years;
It is now time to go to bed,
For crooked age and hoary hairs,
Have now the haven within my head.

Next, lullaby my gazing Eyes,
Which wonted were to glance apace
For every glass may now suffice

To show the furrows in my face.
With lullaby then wink awhile,
With lullaby your looks beguile;
Let no fair face, or beauty bright,
Entice you eft with vain delight.

And lullaby my wanton Will,
Let Reason's rule now rein my thoug
Since all too late I find by skill

How dear I have thy fancies bought
With lullaby now take thine ease,
With lullaby thy doubt appease;
For trust in this, -if thou be still,
My body shall obey thy will.
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Lullaby of a Lober

Thus lullaby my Youth, mine Eyes,
My Will, my ware and all that was,
I can no more delays devise,

But welcome pain, let pleasure pass.
With lullaby now take you leave,
With lullaby your dreams deceive;
And when you rise with waking eye,
Remember then this lullaby.

O FAIR! O sweet! when I do look on the In whom all joys so well agree,

Heart and soul do sing in me.