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#516 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Come down, O Love divine
Tune
Down Ampney
Metric Index
66. 11. D
Key & Modality
D Major
Last five uses
January 12th, 2025 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Sermon Hymn
October 20th, 2024 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Sermon Hymn
May 19th, 2024 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Sermon Hymn
May 5th, 2024 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Sermon Hymn
May 28th, 2023 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Sermon Hymn
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.
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.
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.
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.
Various Recordings
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Come Down, O Love Divine (Variation on Down Ampney)
Choir of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
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Hymn References
Author
Bianco da Siena d. 1434?
Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958
Original Language
Italian
Publication Date
1985
Translator
Richard Frederick Littledale 1833-1890 (alt.)
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#804 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / Come down, O Love divine (D Major ) [click to view]#508 in Lutheran Book of Worship / Come down, O love divine (D Major ) [click to view]
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