Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By John Henry Newman (18011890)Light in the Darkness
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 | 5 |
The distant scene,—one step enough for me. | |
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! | 10 |
I loved the garish day, and spite of fears, | |
Pride ruled my will; remember not past years. | |
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 | 15 |
The night is gone; | |
And with the morn those Angel faces smile | |
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. | |