| Charles W. Eliot - 2005 - 529 страници
...flee: In life and death, O Lord, abide with me! THE PILLAR OF CLOUD JOHN HENRY NEWMAN [1801—1890] LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, — Lead thou me onl Keep thou my feetl I do not ask to see The distant... | |
| Edwin Gordon - 2005 - 190 страници
...to the light is shown clearly in the prayer of Cardinal Newman, written before he became a Catholic 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;... | |
| Richard Phillips Feynman - 2005 - 526 страници
...most of us can get a slice of it." Or perhaps the well-known words of John Henry Newman, who wrote, "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 distance seen;... | |
| Bruno Forte - 2005 - 222 страници
...Naples — a prayer answered beyond all measure when he entered the Catholic Church twelve years later: 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;... | |
| Geoff Wood - 2007 - 172 страници
...on that old favorite by John Henry Newman, which he composed during a critical period in his life: 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... | |
| Clare Marie Hanrahan - 2005 - 238 страници
...place. Over and over I repeat the words of the old spiritual (one of Gandhi's favorite Christian hymns): "Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom. Lead thou me on." The summer heat will soon give way to fall's cool beauty. The dynamics of my interactions are shifting.... | |
| Martin Manser - 2006 - 290 страници
...Thine obedience, Serve and love Thee best of all. Cecil Frances Alexander (nee Humphreys) (1818-95) 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;... | |
| David Herbert Lawrence - 2006 - 394 страници
...ed. Steele, p. 176). DHL gave the words a comic ambiguity in the mouth of a drunken miner (ll. 1-6): 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;... | |
| C. Albert Snyder - 2006 - 162 страници
...moments of obscurity I grope for that presence to light my way. In faith I recall the words of this hymn: 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;... | |
| Carolyn Humphreys - 2006 - 168 страници
...felt alone, misunderstood and confused. He, too, was attracted to that same unquenching fire within. 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;... | |
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