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Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
By Isaac Watts (16741748)
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With all thy quickening powers:
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
Fond of these trifling toys;
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.
In vain we strive to rise:
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
With all thy quickening powers:
Come shed abroad a Savior’s love,
And that shall kindle ours.