Lead, Kindly Light (Paul Merkus)
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- (Posted 2023-05-10) CPDL #73748:
- Editor: Paul Merkus (submitted 2023-05-10). Score information: A3, 5 pages, 258 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Lead, Kindly Light
Composer: Paul Merkus
Lyricist: John Henry Newman
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chorale, Hymn Meter: 10 4. 10 4. 10 10
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 2023
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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 blest 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!