Come down, O love divine (Charles West)
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- Editor: Charles West (submitted 2019-04-22). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 105 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Come Down, O Love Divine
Composer: Charles West
Lyricist: Bianco da Sienacreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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{{ 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.
O let it freely burn, til 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.
Let holy charity mine outward vesture be, and lowliness become mine inner clothing; True lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part, and o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
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 they become the place where-in the Holy Spirit finds a dwelling. }}