Now I lay me down to sleep

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1. Words of a children's prayer:

   Now I lay me down to sleep;

   I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

   If I should die before I wake,

   I pray the Lord my soul to take.

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Now I lay me down to sleep

Now I lay me down to sleep;" rather, from the first, they lisped, "Our Father who art in Heaven.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now I lay me down to sleep and pray the Lord my soul to keep.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many when they began to attend did not even know the little prayer beginning: "Now I lay me down to sleep."

From Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work by Rev. Gross Alexander

Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott

It would be as useless as copying "Now I lay me down to sleep," or "Mary had a little lamb," for a child's collection of verses!

From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Kate Sanborn

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