Come Down, O Love Divine
Words and music by Bianco of Siena · tr. Richard Frederick Littledale · 1434
Key of D · 120 BPM · 4/4 · Aspiration,Charity,Contrition · Acts 2:2-3
Verse 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.
Verse 2
O let it freely burn, til earthly passions
turn To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let Thy glorious light shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
Verse 3
Let holy charity mine outward vesture
be, And lowliness become mine inner clothing;
True lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part,
And o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
Verse 4
And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will
long, Shall far outpass the pow'r of human telling;
For none can guess its grace, till he become the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling.
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