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 don not ask to see The distant scene one step enough for me I was not ever thus of prayed that thou Should lead me on I love 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 So long thy power hath blessed me sure it still Will lead me on over moor and fen Over crag and torrent 'till the night is gone And with the morn those angle faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost a while