Ere on my bed my limbs I lay, <br />God grant me grace my prayers to say: <br />O God! preserve my mother dear <br />In strength and health for many a year; <br />And, O! preserve my father too, <br />And may I pay him reverence due; <br />And may I my best thoughts employ <br />To be my parents' hope and joy; <br />And, O! preserve my brothers both <br />From evil doings and from sloth, <br />And may we always love each other, <br />Our friends, our father, and our mother, <br />And still, O Lord, to me impart <br />An innocent and grateful heart, <br />That after my last steep I may <br />Awake to thy eternal day! Amen.<br /><br />Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-child-s-evening-prayer/
