Rest Sweet Nymphs - Francis Pilkington (1605)

Rest Sweet Nymphs by Francis Pilkington First Book of Songs 1605 Performed by Amarylli Hannah Grove - soprano Elizabeth Pallett - lute Recorded at St Leonard’s Chapel, Malvern 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. Dream, fair virgins, of delight And blest Elysian groves, While the wandering 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. Thus, dear damsels, I do give Goodnight, and so am gone: With your heart’s desires long live, Still joy, and never moan. Lulla, lullaby, lulla, lullaby, Hath pleased you and eased you, And sweet slumber seized