Lead, Kindly Light

¹Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,

²Lead thou me on!

³The night is dark, and I am far from home —

⁴Lead thou me on!

⁵Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see

⁶The distant scene — one step enough for me.

⁷I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou

⁸Shouldst lead me on.

⁹I loved to choose and see my path; but now

¹⁰Lead thou me on!

¹¹I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,

¹²Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

¹³So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still

¹⁴Will lead me on,

¹⁵O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till

¹⁶The night is gone;

¹⁷And with the morn those angel faces smile

¹⁸Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.