The Worshipbook ‎#334

334. Come Down, O Love Divine

1 Come down, O Love divine,
Seek out 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 out-pass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace,
Till he become the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Come down, O Love divine
• Title: Come Down, O Love Divine
• Translator: Richard F. Littledale (1867, alt. 1972)
• Author: Bianco da Siena (ca. 1367)
• Meter: 6.6.11.D.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Acts 1:8
• Topic: Sacraments: Baptism; Acts of the Church: Confirmation; Acts of the Church: Ordination; Acts of the Church: Installation; Christian Year: Pentecost

Tune Information

• Name: DOWN AMPNEY
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 6.6.11.D.
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Music from The English Hymnal; used by permission of Oxford University Press.