Child's Evening Prayer
Now the day is over, 5
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
Through the long night-watches
May Thine angels spread 10
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless 15
In Thy holy eyes.