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 and pray the Lord my soul to keep.

From Time Magazine Archive

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, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If the ship should sink before I wake, Uncle Sam has made a $10,000 mistake."

From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Barney Stone

The other said he did: "Now I lay me down to sleep."

From Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations by Dwight Lyman Moody

B promptly declared that he would win that dollar and, after a moment's thoughtful hesitation, repeated slowly: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

From More Toasts by Marion Dix Mosher