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<poem> | |||
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 see | |||
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! | |||
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. | |||
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till | |||
the night is gone, | |||
And with the morn those angel faces smile, | |||
which I have loved long since, and lost awhile! | |||
</poem> | |||
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- Editor: Michael Gibson (submitted 2008-03-22). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 459 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Lead, kindly light
Composer: John Stainer
Number of voices: 4 + 1v Voicing: SATB, with Soprano (or Tenor)solo
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
Published: written 1868
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Original text and translations
English text
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 see
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!
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.
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
the night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!