Friday, October 5, 2012

330 to 40: Angels By My Bed

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Sleep dear child and peace attend you, all through the night
Guardian angels God will send you, all through the night
   Soft and drowsy hours are creeping,
   Hill and vale in slumber sleeping.
   God his loving watch is keeping,
All through the night.

While the darkness may surround you, all through the night
Angel care will there be found, too, all through the night
   May your dreams be far from bad ones,
   Chase away each thought of sad ones,
   Bring you only peaceful glad ones,
All through the night.

Till the morning comes to wake you,
And wherever the day may take you,
May God’s presence ne’er forsake you
Through day or night.

~Sylvia Nelson Clarke; 1st verse is Welsh folksong

Esmé is one of those kiddos who NEEDS something playing in order for her mind to shut down for the night.  For the past few weeks, her sole final request is a CD gifted from her grandparents: Angels By My Bed by Sylvia Nelson Clarke.

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