Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come (Anonymous, set by (John Dowland)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER GER

Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come
Inspire the souls of Thine;
Till ev'ry heart which Thou hast made
Is fill'd with grace divine.
Thou art the Comforter,
the gift of God, and fire of Love,
The everlasting spring of joy,
And unction from above.

Thy gifts are manifold,
Thou writ'st God's laws in each true heart;
The promise of the Father,
Thou Dost heav'nly speech impart
Enlighten our dark souls,
till they Thy love, Thy love embrace;
Assist our minds, by nature frail.
With Thy celestial grace.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by John Dowland (1562 - 1626), "Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come" [chorus] [
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Researcher for this text: Ivo Zandhuis

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 86