A Lover's Lullaby
George Gascoigne
c.1535 to 1577
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With lullaby now take thine ease,
And when you rise with waking eye,
Wherewith they bring their babes to rest;
And lullaby my wanton will;
With lullaby thy doubts appease;
With lullaby then wink awhile;
Thus lullaby my youth, mine eyes,
With lullaby your dreams deceive;
But welcome pain, let pleasure pass.
With lullaby content thy will;
Have won the haven within my head.
With lullaby now take your leave;
As womanly as can the best.
And lullaby can I sing too,
With lullaby they still the child;
Let no fair face, nor beauty bright,
Full many a wanton babe have I,
How dear I have thy fancies bought;
Since all too late I find by skill
Since courage quails and comes behind,
For crooked age and hoary hairs
Which must be still'd with lullaby.
With lullaby, then, youth be still;
Next lullaby my gazing eyes,
Go sleep, and so beguile thy mind!
For every glass may now suffice
My body shall obey thy will.
Entice you eft with vain delight.
Let reason's rule now reign thy thought;
I can no more delays devise;
And if I be not much beguiled,
My will, my ware, and all that was:
To show the furrows in thy face.
Sing lullaby, as women do,
First lullaby my youthful years,
It is now time to go to bed:
For trust to this, if thou be still,
Which wonted were to glance apace;
Remember then this lullaby.
With lullaby your looks beguile;