Text: | Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom |
Author: | John Henry Newman, 1801 - 90 |
Tune: | SANDON |
Composer: | Charles Purday, 1799 - 1885 |
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
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 hath blest 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom |
Author: | John Henry Newman, 1801 - 90 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Life In Christ: Pilgrimage |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SANDON |
Composer: | Charles Purday, 1799 - 1885 |
Meter: | 10 4, 10 4, 10 10. |
Key: | F Major |