Best Bedtime Prayer Poems

An Old Man’s Bedtime Prayer

Lord: Now I lay me down to rest.
To get away from this days test.
To rest my head on pillows fluff.
To clear my head of all the stuff.

That comes your way as you get old.
It’s part of life that’s seldom told. 
I...

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I now will lay myself to bed
on soft pillow place my head
seeking rest from length of day
of earnest work and joyful play.

I now will place my mind to rest
to strengthen for tomorrows test
may soft sweet dreams drift me away
in warm remembrance of my day.

I now...

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Bedtime Prayer
A. W. Nutter

Now I lay me down to sleep

Praying for protection from personal fears
Hands trembling as the night draws near
Fighting sleep to avoid an unsecured mind
Where the demons are free and unconfined

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

Spirit broken, forced into submission
Withdrawing from...

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A Paranoid Child’s Bed Time Prayer

In blackest night when I am scared,
Guard the puppies from the bears,
Feed eagles fish-- not singing birds--
Hide tiny bugs who have no words.



Victoria Anderson-Throop  C 2013...

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I wait for 5 am in the flickering dusk,
Before the daylight is even relieved.

The last time I slept with someone beside,
I lay waiting for her to leave.

For me, things are no longer as they seem;
The minute I made it, I abandoned the dream.
 
I reach
For...

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Bedtime Prayer For Children

It's time for small voices to be quiet and still.
It's time for the stars to give us a thrill.
If you're afraid, just remember this prayer.
When you open your eyes, I will be here....

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Star light star bright
first star I see tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Find a place that has a  room

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
Remember me as I was

It's cold...

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Should I not awake after tonight,
may my death find me the peace I never found in life....

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Star light star bright
first star I see tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Find a place that has a  room

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
Remember me as I was

It's cold...

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Should I not awake after tonight,
may my death find me the peace I never found in life....

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Bedtime Prayer
	
Now I lay be down to rest
Lord, I’ve tried to do my best
To heed your word and see your view
And treat others as you would do
And as for all the times I stray
I beg forgiveness every day
So when my time on earth is through
I...

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