The Army and Navy Hymnal/Catholic/Come, O Divine Messiah

For other English-language translations of this work, see Venez divin Messie.
1726036The Army and Navy Hymnal — Come, O Divine MessiahSimon-Joseph Pellegrin


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          Come,8      O4    Di8   --  vine4 Mes8  --  si4. -- ah;8 \skip8
              O8 haste,4 we're8 wea8 -- ry8 wait4 -- ing8   thee;8 \skip8
             On8  earth4    we8     naught4   de4     --     sire4 \skip8
               Save4      the,4      sweet4  One4        in4      Three.4
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Wilt8 leave4 thy8 Fa4 -- ther's8 home,2 \skip8
For8 us4 who8
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Think8 not4 up8 -- on4 our8 base4. -- ness,8 \skip8
Take8 venge4 -- ance8
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  1. Come, O Di-vine Mes-si-ah; O haste, we're wea-ry wait-ing thee; On earth we naught de-sire/ Save thee, sweet One in Three.
          O quick de-scend, bid time take wings; Else our poor hearts no peace will know, But fierc-er with im-pa-tience glow.
  2. Wilt leave thy Fa-ther's home, For us who lan-guish here with love; And 'neath our fet-ters groan/ A-wait-ing aid from a-bove. O come!
          O come! bid time take wings; We'll deck our hearts with bril-liants rare, And wel-come meet for thee pre-pare.
  3. Think not up-on our base-ness, Take venge-ance not up-on our crimes; But with us yet have pa-tience; Make us all thine in time.
          For art not thou, our Lord and God? To whom should we for ref-uge flee/ If not, O Lord, our God, to thee?