Henry Francis Lyte Quotes

• A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand,
  I march on in haste through an enemy's land;
  The road may be rough, but it cannot be long;
  And I'll smooth it with hope, and I'll cheer it with song.

  Henry Francis Lyte

  Song, Cheer, Hands

  Henry Francis Lyte (1833). “Poems: Chiefly Religious”, p.100

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• Teach me. Lord, my true condition; Bring me childlike to Thy knee; Stripped of every low ambition, Willing to be led by Thee.

  Henry Francis Lyte

  Ambition, Humility, Knees

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• Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven; To his feet thy tribute bring. Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Who like me his praise should sing?

  Henry Francis Lyte

  Kings, Feet, Heaven

  1834 'Praise, my Soul, the King of Heaven'.

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• Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.

  Henry Francis Lyte

  Fall, Darkness, Lord

  "Abide with Me" l. 1 (1847)

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• I need thy presence every passing hour; What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?

  Henry Francis Lyte

  Grace, Needs, Hours

  Henry Francis Lyte (1850). “Remains of ... H.F. Lyte. With a memoir by the ed”, p.120

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• Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O, abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou, who changest not, abide with me.

  Henry Francis Lyte

  Life, Failure, Fall

  "Abide with Me" l. 1 (1847)

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• Change and decay in all around I see.

  Henry Francis Lyte

  Decay

  Henry Francis Lyte (1868). “Miscellaneous Poems”, p.297

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