253. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

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

2 Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling 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 Saviour's Love,
And that shall kindle ours.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove
Author: Watts (1709, a.)
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Holy Spirit; Sexagesima Sunday; Easter Season, Fifth Sunday (3 more...)
Notes: Alternate tune: #221, #370(Com. time) or #417
Tune Information
Name: ST. MARY'S
Meter: C. M.
Key: d minor
Notes: Source from index: Playford's Psalter, 1671?



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