Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, <br />Lead thou me on! <br />The night is dark, and I am far from home,-- <br />Lead thou me on! <br />Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see <br />The distant scene,--one step enough for me. <br /> <br />I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou <br />Shouldst lead me on: <br />I loved to choose and see my path, but now <br />Lead thou me on! <br />I loved the garish days, and, spite of fears, <br />Pride ruled my will: remember not past years. <br /> <br />So long thy power hath blessed me, sure it still <br />Will lead me on; <br />O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till <br />The night is gone; <br />And with the morn those angel faces smile <br />Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.<br /><br />John Henry Newman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lead-kindly-light/
