GOOD-NIGHT
Good-night, my dear mother—dear mother, good-night;
You may take out the lamp and shut the door tight:
Your dear little Ellen will not be afraid,
Though left quite alone in her own quiet bed.
Afraid, my dear mother, afraid, when I know
God watches on high, while you watch below?
And though the thick darkness all round me is spread,
I know that from him I can never be hid.