Down Ampney
Come down, O Love divine
516
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Various Recordings
Come Down, O Love Divine (Variation on Down Ampney)
Choir of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Metric Index
66. 11. D 
Modality
D Major 
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Author
Bianco da Siena [d. 1434?] 
Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872-1958] 
Language
English 
Original Language
Italian 
Publication Date
1985 
Translator
Richard Frederick Littledale [1833-1890 (alt.)] 
Last Five Uses
• Used on Mar 23, 2025 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 12, 2025 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 20, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on May 19, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on May 05, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA 
Poem Words (Three verses)
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.
3.
And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till Love create a place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.
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