Come, Thou Holy Spirit, come!

Verse 1

Come, thou Holy Spirit, come, and from thy celestial home shed a ray of light divine; come, thou Father of the poor, come, thou source of all our store, come, within our hearts to shine.

Verse 2

Thou of comforters the best, thou the soul's most welcome guest, sweet refreshment here below; in our labour rest most sweet, grateful coolness in the heat, solace in the midst of woe.

Verse 3

O most blessèd Light divine, shine within these hearts of thine, and our inmost being fill; where thou art not, man hath naught, nothing good in deed or thought, nothing free from taint of ill.

Verse 4

Heal our wounds; our strength renew; on our dryness pour thy dew; wash the stains of guilt away; bend the stubborn heart and will; melt the frozen, warm the chill; guide the steps that go astray.

Verse 5

On the faithful, who adore and confess thee, evermore in thy sevenfold gifts descend: Give them virtue's sure reward, give them thy salvation, Lord, give them joys that never end.