Dorothy Parker - Lullaby lyrics

Sleep, pretty lady, the night is enfolding you Drift, and so lightly, on crystalline streams Wrapped in its perfumes, the darkness is holding you Starlight bespangles the way of your dreams Chorus the nightingales, wistfully amorous Blessedly quiet, the blare of the day All the sweet hours may your visions be glamorous Sleep, pretty lady, as long as you may Sleep, pretty lady, the night shall be still for you Silvered and silent, it watches you rest Each little breeze, in its eagerness, will for you Murmur the melodies ancient and blest So in the midnight does happiness capture us Morning is dim with another day's tears Give yourself sweetly to images rapturous Sleep, pretty lady, a couple of years Sleep, pretty lady, the world awaits day with you Girlish and golden, the slender young moon Grant the fond darkness its mystical way with you Morning returns to us ever too soon Roses unfold, in their loveliness, all for you Blossom the lilies for hope of your glance When you're awake, all the men go and fall for you Sleep, pretty lady, and give me a chance