| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Lullaby | | By Thomas Dekker (c. 1570–1632) |
| | | GOLDEN 1 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. | 5 |
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| 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. | 10 |
| | | Note 1. From The Pleasant Comedy of Patient Grisell, 1603, by Dekker, Chettle, and Haughton. Doubtless the songs are by Dekker. [back] | | |
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