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. 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 days, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years. So long the 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 2 by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH LITTLE FEET by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE FLAG GOES BY by HENRY HOLCOMB BENNETT MOTTO TO THE SONGS OF INNOCENCE & OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ON LIVING, FROM LIFE IS A DREAM by PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA FREEDOM AND LOVE by THOMAS CAMPBELL HYMN TO MONT BLANC [IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |