Weep You No More, Sad Fountains

Anonymous (Traditional)
Weep you no more, sad fountains,
Why need you flow so fast?
See how the snowy mountains
Heav'n's sun doth gently waste.
But my love now softly lies,
View not her weeping,
That now lies sleeping,
Softly, now softly lies sleeping.
Sleep is a reconciling,
A peace that peace begets.
See how the sun comes smiling,
Vanishing all regrets.
My love now softly lies,
View not her weeping,
That now lies sleeping,
Softly, now softly lies sleeping.
Peace o r the velvet meadow,
Then dawn and the golden day.
Dew in distant shadows
Daylight will melt away.
And here my love now softly lies,
Peace be keeping,
Where she lies sleeping,
Softly, now softly lies sleeping.