"Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes,

Whose eyes are open, while mine close;

Let no dreams my head infest,

But such as Jacob's temples blest:

Sleep is a death: oh, make me try,

By sleeping, what it is to die!

And as gently lay my head

On my grave, as now my bed.

Howe'er I rest, great God, let me

Awake again at last with Thee."