One Hundred Holy Songs, Carols, and Sacred Ballads Original, and suitable for music [by Jean Ingelow] |
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THE BROODING OF THE DOVE.
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“Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.”
Ascended to His Father's throne,
The Christ was gone from mortal view:
He left a promise with His own,
“The Comforter shall come to you.”
The Christ was gone from mortal view:
He left a promise with His own,
“The Comforter shall come to you.”
And opening on His earthward way
All-hallow'd wings, the brooding Dove
Came down and moved till His great day
On the deep waters of God's love.
All-hallow'd wings, the brooding Dove
Came down and moved till His great day
On the deep waters of God's love.
Moved, as with forming wings of yore,
He moved on voids of man untrod;
A Seer, beholding long before
The yet unformèd Church of God.
He moved on voids of man untrod;
A Seer, beholding long before
The yet unformèd Church of God.
Then, as a rushing wind come down,
A holy storm of swift desire,
On humble heads a more than crown,
He fell in hovering tongues of fire.
A holy storm of swift desire,
On humble heads a more than crown,
He fell in hovering tongues of fire.
In ecstasy of love he came,
The Dove of God to be their guest;
And they beheld the sacred flame—
Their power, their sanction, and their rest.
The Dove of God to be their guest;
And they beheld the sacred flame—
Their power, their sanction, and their rest.
O fall on us. Thy life afford;
Is not the promise made to all?
Refining fire, informing Lord,
Indwelling Spirit fall—O fall.
Is not the promise made to all?
Refining fire, informing Lord,
Indwelling Spirit fall—O fall.
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