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Saint Agnes

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

510

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

Modality

G Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Isaac Watts [1674-1748 (alt.)]

Composer

John Bacchus Dykes [1823-1876]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on May 24, 2015 10:00 as the Post Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Nov 09, 2008 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jul 06, 2008 10:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Four verses)

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
with all thy quickening powers;
kindle a flame of sacred love
in these cold hearts of ours.

See how we trifle here below,
fond of these earthly toys:
our souls, how heavily they go,
to reach eternal joys.

In vain we tune our formal songs,
in vain we strive to rise:
hosannas languish on our tongues,
and our devotion dies.

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
with all thy quickening powers;
come, shed abroad a Savior's love,
and that shall kindle ours.