Lead, Kindly Light Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EBEBFF GBGHII| Lead kindly Light amid the encircling gloom | A |
| Lead thou me on | B |
| The night is dark and I am far from home | C |
| Lead thou me on | B |
| Keep thou my feet I do not ask to see | D |
| The distant scene one step enough for me | D |
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| I was not ever thus nor prayed that thou | E |
| Shouldst lead me on | B |
| I loved to choose and see my path but now | E |
| Lead thou me on | B |
| I loved the garish days and spite of fears | F |
| Pride ruled my will remember not past years | F |
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| So long thy power hath blessed me sure it still | G |
| Will lead me on | B |
| O'er moor and fen o'er crag and torrent till | G |
| The night is gone | H |
| And with the morn those angel faces smile | I |
| Which I have loved long since and lost awhile | I |
John Henry Newman
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