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I lay my body down to sleep;
Let angels guard my head,
And through the hours of darkness keep
Their watch around my bed.
Isaac Watts, "An Evening Song," Divine Songs for Children

Source[edit]

  • Jack Zipes; Lissa Paul; Lynne Vallone, eds. (2005). "Isaac Watts". The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature. W. W. Norton & Co. p. 528. ISBN 0393327760.