2366 | The Cyber Hymnal#2367 | 2368 |
Text: | Holy Ghost, Come Down upon Thy Children |
Author: | Frederick Faber |
Tune: | BOSSINEY |
Composer: | Gustav Theodore Holst |
Media: | MIDI file |
Refrain
Holy Ghost, come down upon Thy children,
Give us grace and make us Thine;
Thy tender fires within us kindle,
Blessèd Spirit, Dove divine.
1. For all within us good and holy
Is from Thee, Thy precious gift;
In all our joys, in all our sorrows,
Wistful hearts to Thee we lift. [Refrain]
2. For Thou to us art more than Father,
More than sister, in Thy love,
So gentle, patient, and forbearing,
Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove. [Refrain]
3. O we have grieved Thee, gracious Spirit!
Wayward, wanton, cold are we;
And still our sins, new every morning,
Never yet have wearied Thee. [Refrain]
4. Ah! Sweet Consoler, though we cannot
Love Thee as Thou lovest us,
Yet if Thou deign’st our hearts to kindle
They will not be always thus. [Refrain]
5. With hearts so vile how dare we venture,
King of kings, to love Thee so?
And how canst Thou, with such compassion,
Bear so long with things so low? [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For all within us good and holy |
Title: | Holy Ghost, Come Down upon Thy Children |
Author: | Frederick Faber (1854) |
Refrain First Line: | Holy Ghost, come down upon Thy children |
Meter: | irr. |
Language: | English |
Source: | Oratory Hymns, 1854 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BOSSINEY |
Composer: | Gustav Theodore Holst (1906) |
Meter: | irr. |
Incipit: | 15432 32154 33234 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 571 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |