| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Violin Songs.
I. Going to Sleep | | By George MacDonald (1824–1905) |
| | | LITTLE one, you must not fret | |
| That I take your clothes away; | |
| Better sleep you so will get, | |
| And at morning wake more gay— | |
| Saith the children’s mother. | 5 |
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| You I must unclothe again, | |
| For you need a better dress; | |
| Too much worn are body and brain; | |
| You need everlastingness— | |
| Saith the heavenly father. | 10 |
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| I went down death’s lonely stair; | |
| Laid my garments in the tomb; | |
| Dressed again one morning fair; | |
| Hastened up, and hied me home— | |
| Saith the elder brother. | 15 |
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| Then I will not be afraid | |
| Any ill can come to me; | |
| When ’tis time to go to bed, | |
| I will rise and go with Thee— | |
| Saith the little brother. | 20 | | | |
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