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A Child's Evening Prayer

Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, was born at St. Mary Ottery, Devonshire, 1772, educated at Christ's Hospital, London, and Jesus College, Cambridge, and died in 1834. His Child's Prayer at Evening, "Ere on my bed my limbs I lay," in Martineau's Hymns, 1840 and 1873, is dated 1808. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Ere on my bed my limbs I lay
Title: A Child's Evening Prayer
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

Ere on my bed my limbs I lay. S. T. Coleridge, p. 242, i. This hymn appeared in the 1828 ed. of Coleridge's Sibylline Leave as "A Child's Evening Prayer," in 16 lines.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a398

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a398
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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa398

American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa398
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David's Harp #82

David's Harp #82

Heart and Voice #d54

Heart and Voice #d54
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Heart and Voice #294

Heart and Voice #294

Hymns and Poetry for the Young #d26

Hymns and Poetry for the Young #d26

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d40

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d40

Songs for the Little Ones at Home #d46

Songs for the Little Ones at Home #d46

Sunday School Hymn Book #d99

Sunday School Hymn Book #d99
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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #398

The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #398

The Little Hymn Book #d16

The Little Hymn Book #d16
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Young Singer's Friend #157

Young Singer's Friend #157
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