Lullaby the first Child
Child and King at once
Wish sleeping could extinguish
The potency of fate

Lullaby tonight's child
Impatient for delight
Resolute in waiting
But ignorant of Time

Lullaby an old man
Waiting not to wait
Unwilling in his drowsing
For sleep resembles death

Let them sleep till morning
Who strove to stay awake
Christmas comes unwitnessed
Smuggled in by night

But what anticipation
Can rouse me from this dark?
I sleep too deep, and seek
A song to sing me wide awake