“Come, heavy sleep”

Come, heavy sleep! the image of true Death:

And close up these my weary, weeping eyes,
Whose spring of tears doth stop my vital breath,
And tears my heart with sorrow’s sigh-swoll’n cries.
Come and possess my tired, thought-worn soul,
That living dies, that living dies, that living dies, till thou on me be stole.
Come and possess my tired, thought-worn soul,
That living dies, that living dies, that living dies, till thou on me be stole.

Come, shadow of my end, and shape of rest!

Allied to Death, child to his black, fast night!
Come then, and charm these rebels in my breast,
Whose waking fancies do my mind affright.
O come, sweet sleep! Come, or I die for ever;
Come, ere my last sleep comes, Come, ere my last sleep comes,
or come, or come thou never!
O come, sweet sleep! Come, or I die for ever;
Come, ere my last sleep comes, Come, ere my last sleep comes,
or come, or come thou never!

“Come again, sweet love”

Come again!
Sweet Love doth now invite
Thy graces that refrain
To do me due delight;
To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die
With thee again in sweetest sympathy.
To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die,
With thee again in sweetest sympathy.

Come again!
That I may cease to mourn
Through thy unkind disdain:
For now, left and forlorn,
I sit, I sigh, I weep, I faint, I die,
In deadly pain and endless misery.
I sit, I sigh, I weep, I faint, I die,
In deadly pain and endless misery.
“Rest, sweet nymphs”

Rest, sweet nymphs, let golden sleep

Charm your star brighter eyes,
While my lute the watch doth keep
with pleasing sympathies,
Lulla, lullaby, Lulla, lullaby
Sleep sweetly, sleep sweetly,
let nothing affright ye.
In calm contentments lie.
Lulla, lullaby, Lulla, lullaby
Sleep sweetly, sleep sweetly,
let nothing affright ye.
In calm contentments lie.

Dream, fair virgins, of delight

And blest Elysian groves,
While the wandring shades of night
Resemble your true loves.
Lulla, lullaby, Lulla, lullaby
Your kisses, your blisses
send them by your wishes,
Although they be not nigh.
Lulla, lullaby, Lulla, lullaby
Your kisses, your blisses
send them by your wishes,
Although they be not nigh.

“Now peep, bo peep”

Now peep, bo peep, thrice happy blest mine eyes,

For I have found fair Phillis, for I have found fair Phillis where she lies.
Upon her bed with arm unspread all fast asleep,
Unmask’d her face, thrice happy grace!
Farewell, farewell my sheep.
Look to yourselves, new charge I must approve.
Phillis doth sleep, Phillis doth sleep,
And I must guard my Love.
Look to yourselves, new charge I must approve.
Phillis doth sleep, Phillis doth sleep,
And I must guard my Love.

Now peep, bo peep, mine eyes to see your bliss,

Phillis’ clos’d eyes attract you, Phillis’ clos’d eyes attract you hers to kiss;
Oh, may I now perform my vow, Love’s joy t’impart,
Assay the while how to be guile,
Farewell, farewell faint heart.
Taken she is, new joys I must approve.
Phillis doth sleep, Phillis doth sleep,
And I must kiss my Love.
Taken she is, new joys I must approve.
Phillis doth sleep, Phillis doth sleep,
And I must kiss my Love.