Text:Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid
Author:Anonymous
Translator (from Latin):John Dryden
Tune:CAREY'S SURREY
Composer:Henry Carey
Media:MIDI file

1088. Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid

1. Creator Spirit, by whose aid
The world’s foundations first were laid,
Come, visit every pious mind;
Come, pour Thy joys on human kind;
From sin, and sorrow set us free;
And make Thy temples worthy Thee.

2. O Source of uncreated Light,
The Father’s promised Paraclete!
Thrice holy fount, thrice holy fire,
Our hearts with heav’nly love inspire;
Come, and Thy sacred unction bring
To sanctify us, while we sing!

3. Plenteous of grace, descend from high,
Thou strength of His almighty hand,
Whose power does Heav’n and earth command:
Proceeding Spirit, our defense,
Who dost the gift of tongues dispense,
And crown Thy gift with eloquence!

4. Refine and purge our earthly parts;
But, oh, inflame and fire our hearts!
Our frailties help, our vice control;
Submit the senses to the soul;
And when rebellious they are grown,
Then, lay Thy hand, and hold them down.

5. Create all new; our wills control,
Subdue the rebel in our soul;
Make us eternal truths receive,
And practice all that we believe;
Give us Thyself, that we may see
The Father and the Son by Thee.

6. Immortal honor, endless fame,
Attend th’almighty Father’s name:
The Savior Son be glorified,
Who for lost man’s redemption died:
And equal adoration be,
Eternal Paraclete, to Thee.

Text Information
First Line: Creator Spirit, by whose aid
Title: Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid
Latin Title: Veni Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita
Author: Anonymous
Translator (from Latin): John Dryden
Meter: 88.88.88
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Attributed variously to Charlemagne, Ambrose of Milan, Gregory I, & Rhabanus Maurus. Alternate tunes: ATTWOOD, Thomas Attwood, 1831 (repeats last line of each verse); CREATOR, Franz J. Haydn, 1732-1809
Tune Information
Name: CAREY'S SURREY
Composer: Henry Carey (ca. 1732)
Meter: 88.88.88
Incipit: 54361 71432 33245
Key: F Major
Source: Harmony from The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 491
Copyright: Public Domain



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