270a | CPWI Hymnal#270b | 271 |
Text: | Come down, O Love divine |
Author: | Bianco da Siena, 13??-1434 |
Translator: | Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-1890 |
Tune: | DOWN AMPNEY |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
1 Come down, O Love divine,
seek thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with thine own ardour glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.
2 O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let thy glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
3 Let holy charity
mine outward vesture be,
and lowliness become mine inner clothing:
true lowliness of heart,
which takes the humbler part,
and o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
4 And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till he become the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come down, O Love divine |
Italian Title: | Discendi, amor santo |
Author: | Bianco da Siena, 13??-1434 |
Translator: | Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-1890 |
Meter: | 6.6.11 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | General Hymns: The Holy Spirit |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DOWN AMPNEY |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 6.6.11 D |
Key: | D Major |