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

Hal involuntarily retreated, as far as he could, reciting to himself the only prayer he remembered, "Now I lay me down to sleep," etc.

From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry)

"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."

From Winning His Way by Coffin, Charles Carleton

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

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