 | FRANZ PFEIFFER - 1866 - 528 Seiten
...Folk Lore, London 1859, S. 179). Es lautet : Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I He on! Four corners to my bed, Five angels there lie spread; Two at my bead, Two at my feet, One at my heart, my soul to keep. Durch die beiden Zeilen 'Two at my head, Two... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1869 - 420 Seiten
...Somersetshire, where the children, in blessing their beds, use the following rhyme : Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed, Four angels at my head, One to watch, and one to pray, And two to bear my soul away. Cried at the top... | |
 | 1871 - 460 Seiten
...superstition has survived to our own times, as witness the popular evening prayer, — " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed, Four angela at my head : One to eiag, and one to pray, *n<j two to carry my soul away." How Romanism... | |
 | Agnes (fict.name.) - 1871 - 154 Seiten
...Agnes. "It's what mother taught us," said Charlotte. " Don't you know it ?— "'Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Twelve angels round it spread: Two to head, and two to feet, Two to make my winding-sheet: Two to watch,... | |
 | John Glyde (jr) - 1872 - 428 Seiten
...the counties of England. Thus in the case of the following " Child's Prayer : " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ! Four corners...head, Two at my feet, One at my heart my soul to keep. The late Rev. ES Taylor of Martham said that he had reason to believe that this prayer was in constant... | |
 | Emma Dent - 1877 - 528 Seiten
...Cumnor Bedstead, the angels being highly suggestive of the wellknown prayer : " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels at their head, One to read and one to write, And two to guard my bed at night." * When... | |
 | 1887 - 352 Seiten
...The version of this prayer which I have always heard in Norfolk, runs thus : — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed, Five angels there are spread ; Two at my head, and two at my feet, And one at my heart, my soul to keep. Amen. The old... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1887 - 336 Seiten
...which the following night prayer was not recited by the children as a charm : ' Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on : Four corners to my bed ; Four angels at my head : Two to watch and one to pray, And one to carry my soul away.' But to return... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1899 - 934 Seiten
...boy wound up his prayers with this verse, which his grandmother had taught him : Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head ; One to watch and one to pray, Two to bear my soul away. Then he would look... | |
 | G. F. Northall - 1892 - 584 Seiten
...there be spread, Two to foot and two to head, And vor to car me hon I be dead. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed, Four Angels at its head. One to watch, two to pray, One to bear my soul away. God within and God without.... | |
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away. 
