Hymns of the Christian Church. The Harvard Classics. 190914. | | Modern Hymns | | The Pillar of Cloud | | John Henry Newman (18011890) | | | 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 sceneone 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, | | Oer moor and fen, oer 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. | | | |
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