Now I lay me down to sleep

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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

Transcription of the text of the prayer on Page 15: Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep.

From Light On the Child's Path by Bixler, William Allen

And as the shadows round me creep,   A childish treble breaks the gloom,   And softly from a further room Comes, "Now I lay me down to sleep."

From A Little Book of Western Verse by Field, Eugene

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)