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Office of the Holy Ghost,
Matins.
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Hymn XXXIII.
[Come holy Spirit, come and breath]
Come holy Spirit, come and breath
Thy spicy odours on the face
Of our dull region here beneath,
And fil our souls with thy sweet grace.
Thy spicy odours on the face
Of our dull region here beneath,
And fil our souls with thy sweet grace.
Come and root out the poysonous weeds
Which over-run and choke our lives:
And in our harts plant thine own seeds,
Whose quick'ning power our spirit revives.
Which over-run and choke our lives:
And in our harts plant thine own seeds,
Whose quick'ning power our spirit revives.
First plant the humble Violet there,
That dwels secure by dwelling low;
Then let the Lilly next appear,
And make us chast, yet fruitful too.
That dwels secure by dwelling low;
Then let the Lilly next appear,
And make us chast, yet fruitful too.
But O! plant all the Vertues, Lord,
And let the metaphors alone;
Repeat once more that mighty word,
Thou need'st but say, Let it be done.
And let the metaphors alone;
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Thou need'st but say, Let it be done.
We can, alas, nor be nor grow,
Unless thy pow'rful mercy please:
Thy hand must plant, and water too;
Thy hand alone must give th'increase.
Unless thy pow'rful mercy please:
Thy hand must plant, and water too;
Thy hand alone must give th'increase.
Do, then, what thou alone canst do,
Do what to thee so easie is;
Conduct us through this world of wo,
And place us safe in thine own blyss.
Do what to thee so easie is;
Conduct us through this world of wo,
And place us safe in thine own blyss.
All glory to the sacred Three,
One everliving Soveraign Lord;
As at the first, still may He be
Belov'd and prais'd, fear'd and ador'd.
One everliving Soveraign Lord;
As at the first, still may He be
Belov'd and prais'd, fear'd and ador'd.
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