Text: | Lead, kindly Light! amid th'encircling gloom |
Author: | John H. Newman |
Tune: | LUX BENIGNA |
Composer: | John B. Dykes |
1 Lead, kindly Light! amid th'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
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
2 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved 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 has blessed me, sure it 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!
Amen.
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First Line: | Lead, kindly Light! amid th'encircling gloom |
Author: | John H. Newman (1833) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Christ: Leader; Christ: Light; God: Our Guide(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LUX BENIGNA |
Composer: | John B. Dykes |
Meter: | 10s, 4s, 10, 10 |