Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

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This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 34 of Book 2, published 1709, entitled Breathing after the Holy Spirit; or, Fervency of devotion desired.

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Walter Janes — St. Albans English SATB

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English text

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

Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys;
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.

In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannahs languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

Dear Lord! and shall we ever lie
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers
Come, shed abroad a Savior's love,
And that shall kindle ours.