| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Richard Rowlands. 1565–1630? |
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| 165. Lullaby |
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| UPON my lap my sovereign sits | |
| And sucks upon my breast; | |
| Meantime his love maintains my life | |
| And gives my sense her rest. | |
| Sing lullaby, my little boy, | 5 |
| Sing lullaby, mine only joy! | |
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| When thou hast taken thy repast, | |
| Repose, my babe, on me; | |
| So may thy mother and thy nurse | |
| Thy cradle also be. | 10 |
| Sing lullaby, my little boy, | |
| Sing lullaby, mine only joy! | |
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| I grieve that duty doth not work | |
| All that my wishing would; | |
| Because I would not be to thee | 15 |
| But in the best I should. | |
| Sing lullaby, my little boy, | |
| Sing lullaby, mine only joy! | |
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| Yet as I am, and as I may, | |
| I must and will be thine, | 20 |
| Though all too little for thyself | |
| Vouchsafing to be mine. | |
| Sing lullaby, my little boy, | |
| Sing lullaby, mine only joy! | |
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