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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.
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by John Dowland (1562 - 1626), "Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come" [chorus] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Komm Heiliger Geist, Schöpfer, komm", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Gebet um Geist", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ivo Zandhuis
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 86
Komm Heiliger Geist, Schöpfer, komm Und erleuchte die Herzen der Deinen mit Deinem Geist; Bis jedes Herz, das Du geschaffen hast Mit göttlicher Gnade erfüllt ist. Du bist der Tröster, die Gottesgabe, die Herzenswärme, der nie versiegende Quell der Freude, die himmlische Salbung. Deine Gaben sind vielgestaltig, Du senkst Gottes Gebote in jedes wahrhaftige Herz; Im Versprechen des Vaters, vermittelst Du das göttliche Wort, Erhellst unsere dunklen Herzen, bis sie Deine Liebe erwidern; Mit Deiner himmlischen Gnade Steh' uns bei, die wir von Natur aus schwach sind.
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- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2004 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
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- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 87