 | 1892 - 588 Seiten
...from danger whilst I sleep." — AN. 34. Mark, Luke, and Other examples are — Matthew, John, God bless the bed that I lie on, Four corners to my bed, Four angels lay aspread, Two to foot, and two to head, And four to carry me when I'm dead. I go by... | |
 | James Edward Vaux - 1894 - 376 Seiten
...t'nat this queer usage was somehow connected with the old familiar formula ? — " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed, Four angels round me spread, Two at foot and two at head, And four to carry me when I'm dead." Let... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1900 - 560 Seiten
...carvings Biblical or allegorical, but people taught their children this rhyme : " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; God within, God without, ' Blessed Jesu all about." Another version is as... | |
 | Vices, Meriel Aimie Ross - 1903 - 314 Seiten
...caught my fancy then, and which I had come to look upon as a sort of charm — " 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, Two to carry my soul away." The only occasion... | |
 | George Sweetman - 1903 - 318 Seiten
...Prayer. Very commonly repeated by children in this neighborhood a century ago. — " Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed, Six angels round my head, Two at head and two at feet, And two to keep my soul asleep." A Catch on... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1915 - 514 Seiten
...carved figures of the four Evangelists, thus giving rise to the old-time saying : Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on : Four corners to my bed ; Four angels round my head ; God within, God without ; Blessed Jesu all about. The change from the... | |
 | Kenneth Grahame - 1916 - 368 Seiten
...sing-song, happy, gay, and free, With a merry ding-dong, happy let us be! 3 Safe in Bed Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on! Four corners...Two at my feet, One at my heart, my soul to keep. Jenny Wren Jenny Wren fell sick; Upon a merry time, In came Robin Redbreast, And brought her sops of... | |
 | Folk-Song Society (Great Britain) - 1922 - 476 Seiten
...head. Amongst the versions in Northall's English Folk Rhymes there are also five. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed. Five angels there be spread. Two at my head, two at my feet, One at my heart my soul to keep. In the Tuscan versions... | |
 | 1923 - 770 Seiten
...her whole soul rushed from her body in appeal to those four uuardian angels. " Matthew, Mark. Luke and John, .Bless the bed that I lie on ; Four corners to my bed, Four angels guard my head . . ." It may be that their memories were longer than hers, for certain it... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1925 - 490 Seiten
...cheat me with thy false delight, Most Holy Night. THE WHITE PATERNOSTER (Old Rhyme) Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Bless the bed that I lie on! Four corners...Two at my feet, One at my heart, my soul to keep. TO SLEEP Bv SIR PHILIP SIDNEY Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of... | |
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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. 
