Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from thy celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
VERSE 2
Come source of all our store!
Come within our bosoms shine!
Thou, of comforters the best;
Thou the soul's most welcome guest;
VERSE 3
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labour rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
VERSE 4
O most blessed light divine,
Shine within these hearts of thine,
And our inmost being fill!
Where thou art not, man has naught,
VERSE 5
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness pour thy dew;
VERSE 6
Wash the stains of guilt away:
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
VERSE 7
On the faithful, who adore
And confess thee, evermore
In thy sev'nfold gift descend;
Give them virtue's sure reward;
VERSE 8
Give them thy salvation Lord;
Give them joys that never end.
Amen Alleluia.
