CRADLE HER (NOT HYMN).

Lords in waiting.

As you're born in a palace,

It's clear you must not

Be permitted, young baby,

To sleep in a cot:

So they've stirred up their wits,

With invention's pap-ladle,

And determined to give you

A Nautilus cradle;

Most loyally certain,

Whate'er it may do,

It will ne'er make a naughty lass,

Baby, of you!