1. Lead, kindly light, amid th’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 seeThe distant scene! one step enough for me.
2. I was not ever thus nor pray’d that thouShouldst lead me on!I loved to choose and see my path; but nowLead thou me on!I lov’d the garish day, and, spite of fears,Pride rul’d my will; remember not past years.
3. So long thy pow’r hath blest me, sure it stillWill lead me onO’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, tillThe night is gone;And with the morn those angel faces smileWhich I have lov’d long since, and lost awhile.