amid the encircling gloom

1 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
The distant scene one
Step enough for me 2
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 3 So long
Thy power hath blest me sure it still
Will lead me on
O er moor and fen over
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