LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT

  1. Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom,
    Lead Thou me on!
    The night is dark, and I am far from home,
    Lead Thou me on!
    Keep Thou my feet: I do not ask to see.
    This distant scene-one step enough for me.
  2. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou,
    Should’st lead me on.
    I love to choose and see my path, but now
    Lead Thou me on!
    I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears;
    Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
  3. So long Thy power hath blest me, sure is still
    Will lead me on.
    O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent till
    The night is gone
    And with the morn those angel faces smile,
    Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.

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