Sinopsis

When I from earth away, Palsied though I be and grey, May my spirit keep so young That my failing, faltering tongue Frames that prayer so dear to me, Taught me at my mother's knee: "_Now I lay me down to sleep_," (ing to Eternal rest On the loving parent breast) "_I pray the Lord my soul to keep_;" (From all danger safe and calm In the hollow of His palm;) "_If I should die before I wake_," (Drifting with a bated breath Out of slumber into death,) "_I pray the Lord my soul to take_." (From the body's claim set free Sheltered in the Great to be.) Simple prayer of trust and truth. Taught me in my early youth-- Let my soul its beauty keep When I lay me down to sleep.