Lead, Kindly Light

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Lead, Kindly Light (1833)
by John Henry Newman

Written in 1833 by John Henry Newman as a poem titled "The Pillar of Cloud". In some hymnals, one may find a fourth verse added by Edward H Bickersteth Jr, Bishop of Exeter. It is usually sung to the tune Lux Benigna, composed by John Bacchus Dykes in 1865, to Alberta by William H Harris, or as a choral anthem by John Stainer (1886). Arthur Sullivan also did a setting, Lux in Tenebris.

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Versions of Lead, Kindly Light include:

"Lead, Kindly Light" in Poems That Every Child Should Know, 1904
"Lead Kindly Light" in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, 1918
"Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the Encircling Gloom" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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