A Child's Evening Prayer

Poet Name : SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

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 both
From 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 impart
An innocent and grateful heart,

That after my great sleep I may
Awake to thy eternal day! Amen.