Lead, kindly Light amid the encircling gloom

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 pray’d that Thou

Shouldst lead me on

I lov’d 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 pow’r hath bless’d 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 lov’d long since and lost awhile