Book 2 — A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER[401:1]
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A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER[401:1]
Ere on my bed my limbs I lay, God grant me grace my prayers to say: O God! preserve my mother dear In strength and health for many a year; And, O! preserve my father too, 5 And may I pay him reverence due; And may I my best thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy; And O! preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth, 10 And may we always love each other Our friends, our father, and our mother: And still, O Lord, to me impart An innocent and grateful heart, That after my great sleep I may 15 Awake to thy eternal day! Amen.
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mother] father MS.
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father] mother MS.
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him] her MS.
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And may I still my thoughts employ To be her comfort and her joy
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O likewise keep MS.
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But chiefly, Lord MS.
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great] last P. W. 1877-80, 1893.
After 16 Our father, &c. MS.