Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Florence WeisbergThe Night Prayer
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My lids in slumber close.
O Lord our God! I pray to Thee
To guard me in repose.
In peace at fall of night,
And that in peace I may rise up
To greet the rising light.
Or fancies trouble me,
Safe in Thy ever-watchful care
My rest will perfect be.
Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
O Thou, who givest life to all,
From Thee we draw each breath.