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,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 bothFrom evil doings and from sloth,And may we always love each other. Our friends, our father, and our mother:And still, O Lord, to me impartAn innocent and grateful heart,That after my great sleep I mayAwake to thy eternal day! AmenAuthor Samuel Taylor Coleridge Ends
