Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire (Anonymous)
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- (Posted 2021-04-15) CPDL #64072:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-04-15). Score information: A4, 1 page, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with four-part harmony and underlaid words in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard
- (Posted 2021-04-15) CPDL #64071:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-04-15). Score information: A4, 1 page, 85 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire
Composer: Anonymous
Tune: Nun danket all
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published:
2nd published: 1983 in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard, no. 448
Description: Melody from Praxis pietatis, 1647
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Original text and translations
English text
Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
let us thine influence prove;
source of the old prophetic fire,
fountain of life and love.
Come, Holy Ghost – for, moved by thee,
thy prophets wrote and spoke –
unlock the truth, thyself the key,
unseal the sacred book.
Expand thy wings, celestial Dove,
brood o’er our nature’s night;
on our disordered spirits move,
and let there now be light.
God, through himself, we then shall know,
if thou within us shine;
and sound, with all thy saints below,
the depths of love divine.