Text: | Come Down, O Love Divine |
Author: | Bianco da Siena, d. c. 1434 |
Translator: | Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-1890 |
Tune: | DOWN AMPNEY |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
1 Come down, O Love divine,
seek thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.
2 O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let its glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
3 And so the glory strong,
for which the soul will long,
shall far out-pass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till we become the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come down, O Love divine |
Title: | Come Down, O Love Divine |
Author: | Bianco da Siena, d. c. 1434 |
Translator: | Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-1890 (alt.) |
Meter: | 6.6.11.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Jewish and Christian Teachings: Pentecost; Prayer and Meditation; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DOWN AMPNEY |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 6.6.11.D. |
Key: | D Major |