Caught in the clutches of darkness, we quail Seeing it shrouding our spirits, we wail Assailed by afflictions and tribulations severe Our life is devoid of all peace and cheer Oh Living Light! Penetrate through this darkness Let your beams cut through this dankness Till every murky corner is warm and aglow And we are steadied by your light’s luminous glow Across the lengthening stretch of our loneliness We can only see frightening shadows of grayness Be by our side as our anchor and prop As through this dark alley, staggering we grope Oh, Living light, we look up to you To lead us and show us the way to pursue Rain on us the radiance of your heavenly light That we shall not grope in the stygian night Hold our hands and lead us to sunshine With Thy brilliance, our life entwine Set our minds free from the grip of fear Fill us with thoughts, resurgent and pure So that we shall proceed on our arduous journey With abiding Hope as our eternal company And enough light and grace to make each day Better and brighter than the ones gone their way!
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