Text: | Come Down, O Love Divine |
Author: | Bianco da Siena, d. c. 1434 |
Translator: | Richard F. Littledale, 1833-1890 |
Tune: | DOWN AMPNEY |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
1 Come down, O Love divine,
Seek now this soul of mine,
And visit it with your own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
Within my heart appear,
And kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.
2 O let it freely burn,
Till earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let your 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 creates the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes its dwelling.
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First Line: | Come down, O Love divine |
Title: | Come Down, O Love Divine |
Italian Title: | Discendi, Amor Santo |
Author: | Bianco da Siena, d. c. 1434 |
Translator: | Richard F. Littledale, 1833-1890 |
Meter: | 66 11 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1994 |
Scripture: | ; |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DOWN AMPNEY |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 66 11 D |
Key: | D Major |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |