| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Sonnets and Poetical Translations | | V. “Sleep, baby mine, Desire!” Nurse Beauty singeth | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | To the tune of Basciami vita mia
“SLEEP, baby mine, DESIRE!” Nurse BEAUTY singeth. | |
| “Thy cries, O baby! set mine head on aching.” | |
| The babe cries “Way! thy love doth keep me waking.” | |
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| “Lully, lully, my babe! HOPE cradle bringeth; | |
| Unto my children always good rest taking.” | 5 |
| The babe cries “Way! thy love doth me keep waking.” | |
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| “Since, baby mine! from me, thy watching springeth, | |
| Sleep then a little! pap, CONTENT is making:” | |
| The babe cries “Nay! for that abide I waking.” | | | | |
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