Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | I. The Divine Element—(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit) | | “Lead, kindly Light” | | John Henry Newman (1801–1890) |
| | | 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. | |
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| 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 days, and, spite of fears, | |
| Pride ruled my will: remember not past years. | |
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| So long thy power hath blessed 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. | | | | |
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