Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
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.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Set in a modified version by Gordon Crosse, Gustav Holst.
Set in a modified version by Richard Rodney Bennett.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2015-01-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 36
Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann
segnet mein Bett, dass ich schlafen kann.
Um mein Bett zur guten Nacht
halten treu vier Engel Wacht.
Einer zu beten, einer gibt acht,
zwei tragen meine Seele sacht.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-01-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 34