1 Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, <br />2 Lead Thou me on! <br />3 The night is dark, and I am far from home -- <br />4 Lead Thou me on! <br />5 Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see <br />6 The distant scene, -- one step enough for me. <br /> <br />7 I was not ever thus, nor pray'd that Thou <br />8 Should'st lead me on. <br />9 I loved to choose and see my path; but now <br />10 Lead Thou me on! <br />11 I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, <br />12 Pride ruled my will: remember not past years. <br /> <br />13 So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still <br />14 Will lead me on, <br />15 O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till <br />16 The night is gone; <br />17 And with the morn those angel faces smile <br />18 Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.<br /><br />John Henry Newman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-pillar-of-the-cloud-lead-kindly-light/
