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Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove

COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With all thy quickening powers:

Kindle a flame of sacred love

In these cold hearts of ours.

Look how we grovel here below,

Fond of these trifling toys;

Our souls can neither fly nor 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.