9: Come Down, O Love Divine


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.

2 O let it freely burn,
Till 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.

Text information
First Line:Come down, O Love divine
Title:Come Down, O Love Divine
Italian Title:Discendi, Amor santo
Author:Bianco of Siena
Translator:R. F. Littledale (alt.)
Publication Date:1996
Meter:6 6 11 D
Topic:Invocation
Language:English
Tune information
Tune name:DOWN AMPNEY
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter:6 6 11 D
Key:D Major
Copyright:Tune and setting: by permission of Oxford University Press.

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