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Created on: December 21, 2011 Last Updated: December 23, 2011
Now I lay down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
My guardian angels against
Powers of darkness protect me
All my burdens at your feet
I lay because to serve you
Is a joy but to serve any other god
A chore.
If it be your will let my consciousness
To me return the following morn'
To continue my journey through life
But should you find it necessary to
Call me home before the morn’ I
Pray you my soul to keep and console
The ones who loved me and the ones
I loved.
Provide for those who depended on
Me and bless those who’ll help them
Overcome.
Teach them the lesson of self-reliance
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