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1. Abends will ich schlafen gehn, vierzehn Engel um
mich stehn:
Zwei zu meinen Häupten, zwei zu meinen Füßen,
zwei zu meiner Rechten, zwei zu meiner Linken,
zweie, die mich decken, zweie, die mich wecken,
zweie, die mich weisen zu Himmels-Paradeisen!
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1. When at night I go to sleep, fourteen angels watch do keep:
Two my head are guarding, two my feet are guiding,
two are on my right hand, two are on my left hand,
two who warmly cover, two who o'er me hover,
two to whom 'tis given to guide my steps to heaven!
Sleeping
sofly, then it seems heaven enters in my dreams;
angels hover round me, whisp'ring they have found
me;
two are sweetly singing, two are garlands bringing,
strewing me with roses as my soul reposes.
God will not forsake me when dawn at last will wake me.
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