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The Golden Treasury

of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English Language
Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)

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[FIRST SERIES]
  
[dedication]
  
[epigraph]
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Book First
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Book Second
 LXXXV. 
LXXXV ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY
 LXXXVI. 
LXXXVI SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY, 1687
 LXXXVII. 
LXXXVII ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT
 LXXXVIII. 
LXXXVIII HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND
 LXXXIX. 
LXXXIX LYCIDAS
 XC. 
XC ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
 XCI. 
XCI THE LAST CONQUEROR
 XCII. 
XCII DEATH THE LEVELLER
 XCIII. 
XCIII WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY
 XCIV. 
XCIV ON HIS BLINDNESS
 XCV. 
XCV CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE
 XCVI. 
XCVI THE NOBLE NATURE
 XCVII. 
XCVII THE GIFTS OF GOD
 XCVIII. 
XCVIII THE RETREAT
 XCIX. 
XCIX TO MR. LAWRENCE
 C. 
C TO CYRIACK SKINNER
 CI. 
CI A HYMN IN PRAISE OF NEPTUNE
 CII. 
CII HYMN TO DIANA
 CIII. 
CIII WISHES FOR THE SUPPOSED MISTRESS
 CIV. 
CIV THE GREAT ADVENTURER
 CV. 
CV THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T.C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS
 CVI. 
CVI CHILD AND MAIDEN
 CVII. 
CVII CONSTANCY
 CVIII. 
CVIII COUNSEL TO GIRLS
 CIX. 
CIX TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS
 CX. 
CX ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA
 CXI. 
CXI TO THE LADY MARGARET LEY
 CXII. 
CXII THE TRUE BEAUTY
 CXIII. 
CXIII TO DIANEME
 CXIV. 
CXIV
 CXV. 
CXV
 CXVI. 
CXVI TO CELIA
 CXVII. 
CXVII CHERRY-RIPE
 CXVIII. 
CXVIII CORINNA'S MAYING
 CXIX. 
CXIX THE POETRY OF DRESS
 CXX. 
CXX [THE POETRY OF DRESS]
 CXXI. 
CXXI [THE POETRY OF DRESS]
 CXXII. 
CXXII ON A GIRDLE
 CXXIII. 
CXXIII A MYSTICAL ECSTASY
 CXXIV. 
CXXIV TO ANTHEA WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANY THING
 CXXV. 
CXXV
 CXXVI. 
CXXVI
 CXXVII. 
CXXVII TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON
 CXXVIII. 
CXXVIII TO LUCASTA, GOING BEYOND THE SEAS
 CXXIX. 
CXXIX ENCOURAGEMENTS TO A LOVER
 CXXX. 
CXXX A SUPPLICATION
 CXXXI. 
CXXXI THE MANLY HEART
 CXXXII. 
CXXXII MELANCHOLY
 CXXXIII. 
CXXXIII FORSAKEN
 CXXXIV. 
CXXXIV
 CXXXV. 
CXXXV FAIR HELEN
 CXXXVI. 
CXXXVI THE TWA CORBIES
 CXXXVII. 
CXXXVII ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HERVEY
 CXXXVIII. 
CXXXVIII FRIENDS IN PARADISE
 CXXXIX. 
CXXXIX TO BLOSSOMS
 CXL. 
CXL TO DAFFODILS
 CXLI. 
CXLI THE GIRL DESCRIBES HER FAWN
 CXLII. 
CXLII THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN
 CXLIII. 
CXLIII FORTUNATI NIMIUM
 CXLIV. 
CXLIV L' ALLEGRO
 CXLV. 
CXLV IL PENSEROSO
 CXLVI. 
CXLVI SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS IN BERMUDA
 CXLVII. 
CXLVII AT A SOLEMN MUSIC
 CXLVIII. 
CXLVIII NOX NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM.
 CXLIX. 
CXLIX HYMN TO DARKNESS
 CL. 
CL A VISION
 CLI. 
CLI ALEXANDER'S FEAST, OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC
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Book Third
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Book Fourth
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SECOND SERIES

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CXXXIV

[Upon my lap my sovereign sits]

Upon my lap my sovereign sits
And sucks upon my breast;
Meantime his love maintains my life
And gives my sense her rest.
Sing lullaby, my little boy,
Sing lullaby, mine only joy!
When thou hast taken thy repast,
Repose, my babe, on me;
So may thy mother and thy nurse
Thy cradle also be.
Sing lullaby, my little boy,
Sing lullaby, mine only joy!
I grieve that duty doth not work
All that my wishing would,
Because I would not be to thee
But in the best I should.
Sing lullaby, my little boy,
Sing lullaby, mine only joy!
Yet as I am, and as I may,
I must and will be thine,
Though all too little for thy self
Vouchsafing to be mine.
Sing lullaby, my little boy,
Sing lullaby, mine only joy!
Anon.
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