Identify the author and title to which the following selecti…

Identify the author and title to which the following selection belongs.  ALSO, in 2-3 sentences explain the meaning and significance of the selection to the whole work:   Farewell dear babe, my heart’s too much content, Farewell sweet babe, the pleasure of mine eye, Farewell fair flower that for a space was lent, Then ta’en away unto eternity. Blest babe, why should I once bewail thy fate, Or shigh thy days so soon were terminate, Sith thou art settled in an everlasting state.