Weep You No More, Sad Fountain

"Weep You No More, Sad Fountain" "wiːp juː nəʊ mɔː, sæd ˈfaʊntɪn"

Weep you no more, sad fountains; wiːp juː nəʊ mɔː, sæd ˈfaʊntɪnz;

What need you flow so fast? wɒt niːd juː fləʊ səʊ fɑːst?

Look how the snowy mountains lʊk haʊ ðə ˈsnəʊi ˈmaʊntɪnz

Heav'n's sun doth gently waste. Heav'n's sʌn dʌθ ˈʤɛntli weɪst.

But my sun's heav'nly eyes bʌt maɪ sʌnz heav'nly aɪz

View not your weeping vjuː nɒt jɔː ˈwiːpɪŋ

That now lies sleeping, ðæt naʊ laɪz ˈsliːpɪŋ,

Softly, softly, now softly lies sleeping. sɒftli, ˈsɒftli, naʊ ˈsɒftli laɪz ˈsliːpɪŋ.

Sleep is a reconciling, sliːp ɪz ə ˈrɛkənsaɪlɪŋ,

A rest that Peace begets. ə rɛst ðæt piːs bɪˈgɛts.

Doth not the sun rise smiling dʌθ nɒt ðə sʌn raɪz ˈsmaɪlɪŋ

When fair at e'en he sets wɛn feər æt e'en hiː sɛts

Rest you then, rest, sad eyes, rɛst juː ðɛn, rɛst, sæd aɪz,

Melt not in weeping mɛlt nɒt ɪn ˈwiːpɪŋ

While she lies sleeping, waɪl ʃiː laɪz ˈsliːpɪŋ,

Softly, softly, now softly lies sleeping. sɒftli, ˈsɒftli, naʊ ˈsɒftli laɪz ˈsliːpɪŋ.