| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 27. I Lie Down With God |
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| By Eleanor Hull (Translated) |
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| ILIE down with God, and may God lie down with me; | |
| The right hand of God under my head, | |
| The two hands of Mary round about me, | |
| The cross of the nine white angels, | |
| From the back of my head | 5 |
| To the sole of my feet. | |
| May I not lie with evil, | |
| And may evil not lie with me. | |
| Anna, mother of Mary, | |
| Mary, mother of Christ, | 10 |
| Elizabeth, mother of John Baptist, | |
| I myself beseech these three | |
| To keep the couch free from sickness. | |
| The tree on which Christ suffered | |
| Be between me and the heavy-lying— 1, | 15 |
| And any other thing that seeks my harm. | |
| With the will of God and the aid of the glorious Virgin. | |
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