375. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest
L.M.
Veni, Creator Spiritus:
Sarum Plainsong, Mode VIII
Mendon:
German;
Arr. Samuel Dyer, 1828
Latin;
Tr. Edward Caswall and compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861;
from Richard Mant, 1837;
Alt.
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, Vouchsafe within our souls to rest; Come with thy grace and heavenly aid, And fill the hearts which thou hast made. | To thee, the Comforter, we cry; To thee, the gift of God most high; The Fount of Life, the fire of love, The soul's anointing from above. | The sacred, sevenfold grace is thine, Dread Finger of the Hand divine: The promise of the Father thou! Who dost the tongue with power endow. | Thy light to every sense impart, And shed thy love in every heart; Thine own unfailing might supply To strengthen our infirmity. | 342 Drive far away our ghostly foe, And thine abiding peace bestow; If thou be our preventing guide, No evil can our steps betide. | |