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| Text: | Come down, O Love divine |
| Author: | Bianco da Siena, d. 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 ardor 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 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 Love create a place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.
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| First Line: | Come down, O Love divine |
| Author: | Bianco da Siena, d. 1434? |
| Translator: | Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-1890 (alt.) |
| Meter: | 66. 11. D |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Topic: | The Holy Spirit |
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| Name: | DOWN AMPNEY |
| Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
| Meter: | 66. 11. D |
| Key: | D Major |
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