Before the Closing of the Day

Before the closing of the day,

Creator, we Thee humbly pray,

That, for Thy wonted mercy's sake,

Thou us under protection take.

May nothing in our minds excite

Vain dreams and phantoms of the night;

Our enemies repress, that so

Our bodies no uncleanness know.

In this, most gracious Father, hear,

With Christ, Thy equal Son, our prayer;

Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,

Doth live and reign eternally.

Amen.