Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
William Blake. 17571827490. Cradle Song
SLEEP, sleep, beauty bright, | |
Dreaming in the joys of night; | |
Sleep, sleep; in thy sleep | |
Little sorrows sit and weep. | |
Sweet babe, in thy face | 5 |
Soft desires I can trace, | |
Secret joys and secret smiles, | |
Little pretty infant wiles. | |
As thy softest limbs I feel | |
Smiles as of the morning steal | 10 |
O’er thy cheek, and o’er thy breast | |
Where thy little heart doth rest. | |
O the cunning wiles that creep | |
In thy little heart asleep! | |
When thy little heart doth wake, | 15 |
Then the dreadful night shall break. |