Words: Attributed to (340-397) (Nunc Sancte nobis Spiritus); translated from Latin to English by in The Hymnal Noted, 1852, number 5. Music: St. Venantius, Rouen church melody. Alternate tune:
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Come, Holy Ghost, with God the Son
And God the Father, ever One;
Shed forth Thy grace within our breast,
And dwell with us a ready Guest.
By every power, by heart and tongue,
By act and deed, Thy praise be sung;
Inflame with perfect love each sense,
That others’ souls may kindle thence.
O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Shall live and reign eternally.