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| Basilica of San Marco - Venice, Italy |
Come down, O love divine
Charles Wesley, Hymns for Whitsunday, (1746)
Bianca of Siena, 15th cent.; trans. Richard F. Littledale
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, till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes in its heat consuming; and let Thy glorious lightshine ever on my sight, and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
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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