200 | CPWI Hymnal#201 | 202 |
Text: | Come, thou Holy Spirit, come |
Author: | Stephen Langton, ?-1228 |
Translator: | Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 |
Tune: | VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS |
Adapter: | Samuel Webbe, the elder, 1740-1816 |
1 Come, thou Holy Spirit, come,
and from thy celestial home
shed a ray of light divine;
come, thou Father of the poor,
come, thou source of all our store,
come, within our hearts to shine.
2 Thou of comforters the best,
thou the soul's most welcome guest,
sweet refreshment here below;
in our labour rest most sweet,
grateful coolness in the heat,
solace in the midst of woe.
3 O most blessèd Light divine,
shine within these hearts of thine,
and our inmost being fill;
where thou art not, man hath naught,
nothing good in deed or thought,
nothing free from taint of ill.
4 Heal our wounds; our strength renew;
on our dryness pour thy dew;
wash the stains of guilt away;
bend the stubborn heart and will;
melt the frozen, warm the chill;
guide the steps that go astray.
5 On the faithful, who adore
and confess thee, evermore
in thy sevenfold gifts descend:
give them virtue's sure reward,
give them thy salvation, Lord,
give them joys that never end.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, thou Holy Spirit, come |
Latin Title: | Veni, sancte spiritus |
Author: | Stephen Langton, ?-1228 |
Translator: | Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 (alt.) |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7.7.7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Hymns for the Church Year: Pentecost |
Notes: | A lower setting of VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS is found at 203 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS |
Adapter: | Samuel Webbe, the elder, 1740-1816 |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7.7.7 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | An Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 1782 |