| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | Child’s Prayer | | By Luise Hensel (17988–1876) |
| | | I AM weary, seek repose, | |
| Both my little eyes I close. | |
| Father, let Thine eyes so bright | |
| Watch above my bed all night! | |
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| If I have done wrong to-day, | 5 |
| Then forgive it, Lord, I pray! | |
| For Thy grace and Jesus’ blood | |
| Make all harm and sorrow good. | |
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| All my kin, O God, let rest | |
| In Thy hand, and keep them blessed. | 10 |
| Friends and strangers, big and small, | |
| Shall be in Thy keeping all. | |
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| Send to aching hearts repose, | |
| Tearful eyes, I pray Thee, close: | |
| And the moon in Heaven keep, | 15 |
| Gazing on the world asleep. | | | | |
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