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SONNET: 6 by PHILIP SIDNEY

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First Line: SLEEP, BABY MINE, DESIRE, NURSE BEAUTY SINGETH
Last Line: "THE BABE CRIES ""NAY, FOR THAT ABIDE I WAKING."
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."

Lully, lully, my babe, hope cradle bringeth
Unto my children alway good rest taking:
The babe cries "way, thy love doth keep me waking."

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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