Come Holy Ghost Our Souls Inspire uses words from the 9th century, set to a plainsong melody which is possibly from the same period. It was collected in The Proper Sarum Hymnal which has melodies brought together as far back as the 12th century.
It should not be confused with the similarly named Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire (Crediton).
Come Holy Ghost Our Souls Inspire : Recording
- Tune: Veni, Creator Spiritus by an anonymous composer found in the Proper Sarum. Public Domain.
- Meter: LM.
- Performance Copyright ℗ 2019 Richard Irwin Music®. All rights reserved. ISRC: UKTU21900047
Come Holy Ghost Our Souls Inspire : Lyrics
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
and lighten with celestial fire.
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart.
Thy blessed unction from above
is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Enable with perpetual light
the dullness of our blinded sight.
Anoint and cheer our soiled face
with the abundance of thy grace.
Keep far from foes, give peace at home:
where thou art guide, no ill can come.
Teach us to know the Father, Son,
and thee, of both, to be but One,
that through the ages all along,
this may be our endless song:
Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen
- Lyricist: Rabanus Maurus Magnetius (c.780 – 856), translated into English by John Cosin (1594 – 1672). Public Domain.
- Meter: LM.
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Latin Original
Veni, creator Spiritus
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia,
quae tu creasti pectora.
Qui diceris Paraclitus,
altissimi donum Dei,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas
et spiritalis unctio.
Tu septiformis munere,
digitus paternae dexterae
tu rite promissum Patris
sermone ditans guttura.
Accende lumen sensibus,
infunde amorem cordibus,
infirma nostri corporis,
virtute firmans perpeti.
Hostem repellas longius
pacemque dones protinus;
ductore sic te praevio
vitemus omne noxium.
Per te sciamus da Patrem
noscamus atque Filium,
te utriusque Spiritum
credamus omni tempore.
Deo Patri sit gloria,
et Filio qui a mortuis
Surrexit, ac Paraclito,
in saeculorum saecula.
Amen.