Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1791)/For Whit-Sunday
HYMN XVI.
For WHIT-SUNDAY.
Creator Spirit, by whose Aid
The World's Foundations first were laid,
Come, visit ev'ry pious Mind,
Come, pour thy Joys on Human Kind.
5 From Sin and Sorrow set us free,
And make thy Temples worthy thee:[1]
Illumine our dull darken'd Sight,
Thou Source of uncreated Light.
Make us eternal Truths receive,
10 And practice all that we believe;
Give us thyself that we may see,
The Father and the Son by thee.[2]
Immortal Honours, endless Fame,
Attend th'Almighty Father's Name;
15 The Saviour Son be glorify'd,
Who for lost Man's Redemption dy'd.
And equal Adoration be,
Creator, Spirit, paid to thee:[3]
"Come, visit ev'ry pious Mind;
20 "Come, pour thy Joys on Human Kind!"[4]
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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