AFTER READING 'LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.' <br /> <br />Lead gently, Lord, and slow, <br />For oh, my steps are weak, <br />And ever as I go, <br />Some soothing sentence speak; <br /> <br />That I may turn my face <br />Through doubt's obscurity <br />Toward thine abiding-place, <br />E'en tho' I cannot see. <br /> <br />For lo, the way is dark; <br />Through mist and cloud I grope, <br />Save for that fitful spark, <br />The little flame of hope. <br /> <br />Lead gently, Lord, and slow, <br />For fear that I may fall; <br />I know not where to go <br />Unless I hear thy call. <br /> <br />My fainting soul doth yearn <br />For thy green hills afar; <br />So let thy mercy burn-- <br />My greater, guiding star!<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-hymn-6/
