This song is the traditional children’s bedtime prayer in my fictional country Illuvia, which is the setting for my novel-in-progress The Star and the Sword. The poem shows up several times throughout the book, and I composed a melody for it so you can hear as well as read it. What do you think of the words and melody? Let me know in the comments below!

When in the night I rest my head,
Lord, set Thy troops to watch my bed.
Send me the sweetest dreams and sleep;
My soul in Thine own hands do keep
Until I wake Thy will to do,
And cherish all things, good and true.