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by William Cartwright (1611 - 1643)

Seal up her eyes, O Sleep, but flow
Language: English 
Seal up her eyes, O Sleep, but flow 
Mild as her manners to and fro ; 
Slide softly into her that she 
May receive no wound from thee. 
And ye, present her thoughts, O Dreams, 
With hushing winds and purling streams,
Whilst hovering Silence sits without
Careful to keep disturbance out. 
Thus seize her, Sleep, thus her again resign,
So what was Heaven's gift we'll reckon thine.

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Text Authorship:

  • by William Cartwright (1611 - 1643), "Lullaby" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "Seal up her eyes" [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 66

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