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Holy Ghost, come down upon Thy child­ren,
Give us grace and make us Thine;
Thy ten­der fires with­in us kin­dle,
Blessèd Spir­it, Dove di­vine.

For all with­in us good and holy
Is from Thee, Thy pre­cious gift;
In all our joys, in all our sor­rows,
Wistful hearts to Thee we lift.

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For Thou to us art more than Fa­ther,
More than sis­ter, in Thy love,
So gen­tle, pa­tient, and for­bear­ing,
Holy Spir­it, hea­ven­ly Dove.

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O we have grieved Thee, gra­cious Spir­it!
Wayward, wan­ton, cold are we;
And still our sins, new ev­ery morn­ing,
Never yet have wea­ried Thee.

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Ah! Sweet Con­sol­er, though we can­not
Love Thee as Thou lov­est us,
Yet if Thou deign’st our hearts to kin­dle
They will not be al­ways thus.

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With hearts so vile how dare we ven­ture,
King of kings, to love Thee so?
And how canst Thou, with such com­pass­ion,
Bear so long with things so low?

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