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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907.

Lullaby

Thomas Dekker (c. 1570–1632)

GOLDEN slumbers kiss your eyes

Smiles awake you when you rise.

Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,

And I will sing a lullaby:

Rock them, rock them, lullaby.

Care is heavy, therefore sleep you;

You are care, and care must keep you.

Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,

And I will sing a lullaby:

Rock them, rock them, lullaby.