I lay me down to rest me, And pray the Lord to bless me. If I should sleep no more to wake I pray the Lord my soul to take. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take. And this I ask for Jesus' sake. Amen. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep; Thy love go with me all the night, And wake me with the morning light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER THE COMET AT YELL'HAM by THOMAS HARDY A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 19. TO AN ATHLETE DYING YOUNG by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THRENOS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 31 by PHILIP SIDNEY THREE SONNETS WRITTEN IN MID-CHANNEL: 2 by ALFRED AUSTIN THE BURIAL-MARCH OF THE DUNDEE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |