Text: | Come, Holy Ghost, in love |
Translator: | Ray Palmer |
Tune: | FIAT LUX |
Composer: | Henry Hiles, (1826-1904) |
1 Come, Holy Ghost, in love
Shed on us from above
Thine own bright ray!
Divinely good Thou art;
Thy sacred gifts impart
To gladden each sad heart;
O come to-day!
2 Come, tend'rest Friend and best,
Our most delightful Guest,
With soothing power;
Rest, which the weary know,
Shade, 'mid the noontide glow,
Peace, when deep griefs o'erflow--
Cheer us, this hour!
3 Come, Light serene, and still
Our inmost bosoms fill;
Dwell in each breast;
We know no dawn but Thine;
Send forth Thy beams divine,
On our dark souls to shine,
And make us blest!
4 Exalt our low desires;
Extinguish passion's fires;
Heal every wound;
Our stubborn spirits bend;
Our icy coldness end;
Our devious steps attend,
While heavenward bound.
5 Come, all the faithful bless;
Let all, who Christ confess,
His praise employ;
Give virtue's rich reward;
Victorious death accord,
And with our glorious Lord,
Eternal joy!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, Holy Ghost, in love |
Translator: | Ray Palmer (1858) |
Meter: | 6 6 4, 6 6 6 4 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Whitsunday-The Holy Spirit |
Source: | Latin Sequence of XII Century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FIAT LUX |
Composer: | Henry Hiles, (1826-1904) |
Meter: | 6 6 4, 6 6 6 4 |
Key: | A♭ Major |