Voices United ‎#367

367. Come Down, O Love Divine

1 Come down, O love divine,
seek now this soul of mine,
and visit it with your own ardour 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, my onward 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 the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes its dwelling.

Text Information

• First Line: Come down, O Love divine
• Title: Come Down, O Love Divine
• Author: Bianco da Siena
• Translator: Richard Frederick Littledale (1867, alt.)
• Meter: 6 6 11 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Holy Spirit: Praise and Invocation; Beauty; Christian Year: Pentecost; Comfort/Consolation; Commitment; Consecration; Creation; Faith; God: Love; Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit: Indwelling; Holy Spirit: Movement; Holy Spirit: Power; Holy Spirit: Presence; Humility; Inspiration; Light; Love; Mercy; New Creation; Opening Hymns; Petition; Seeking God; Thirst For God; Vision/Dream; Lent 3: Year A; Easter 2: Year A; Easter 6: Year A; Ascension: Year A; Pentecost: Year A; Proper 25: Year A; Epiphany 2: Year B; Pentecost: Year B; Proper 19: Year B; Baptism of Jesus: Year C; Epiphany 2: Year C; Easter 2: Year C; Easter 6: Year C; Pentecost: Year C; Trinity Sunday: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: DOWN AMPNEY
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Composer (descant): W. Herbert Belyea (1975)
• Meter: 6 6 11 D
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Descant copyright © 1971 W. Herbert Belyea.