Rest Benediction

Bless to me, O God, the moon above my head,
Bless to me, O God, the earth on which I tread,
Bless to me, O God, my wife and children all,
Bless to me, O God, my self to whom their care doth fall;

Bless, O God, the thing on which mine eye doth rest,
Bless, O God, the thing to which my hope doth quest,
Bless, O God, my reason and what I desire,
Bless, thou God of life, o bless myself entire;

Bless to me the partner of my love and bed,
Bless to me the handling of my hands outspread,
Bless to me, O God, my compass compassing,
Bless, oh bless to me sleep-angel mine a-wing;

Praying with the Celts, selected. G. R. D. McLean. Eerdmans Publishing, 1988, p. 69.