It went, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Guide me safely through the night, wake me with the morning light." It seemed a kinder and gentler way to say that prayer.

A Traditional Prayer for Night Now, I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. — 18th Century English Prayer ...

” It went, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Guide me safely through the night, wake me with the morning light.” — From S and many others ...