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Text:Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:ST. AGNES (Durham)
Composer:Rev. John Bacchus Dykes

481a. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening pow'rs;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they go,
To reach eternal joys!

3 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor, dying rate?
Our love so cold, so faint to thee,
and Thine to us so great?

4 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Savior's love,
and that shall kindle ours.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove
Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
Meter: C. M. No. 2
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Church Year: Pentecost; Whitsunday; Fourth Sunday after Easter
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: ST. AGNES (Durham)
Composer: Rev. John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
Meter: C. M. No. 2
Key: G Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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