Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOING TO BED AT NIGHT, by ADELAIDE O'KEEFFE


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GOING TO BED AT NIGHT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Receive my body, pretty bed
Last Line: To keep thy holy word.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'keefe, Adelaide
Subject(s): Prayer


Receive my body, pretty bed;
Soft pillow, O receive my head,
And thanks, my parents kind,
For comforts you for me provide;
Your precepts still shall be my guide,
Your love I'll keep in mind.

My hours misspent this day I rue,
My good things done, how very few!
Forgive my faults, O Lord;
This night, if in Thy grace I rest,
To-morrow may I rise refreshed,
To keep Thy holy word.





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