Come, Holy Ghost, Draw Near Us

Sowerby, Leo (1895–1968)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SAB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Pentecost Sunday → General

Publication Information:
H. T. Fitzsimons Co. — F2311 (1960)

Lyrics:

Come, Holy Ghost, draw near us.
Most gentle, most benign;
Console, exhort and cheer us,
Thou Comforter divine:
Come hallow thou our gladness,
Come, ready help in sadness,
True friend in time of need.

Come, Paraclete, most holy,
Turn sinner into Saint;
Hope of the poor and lowly,
Revive the sea, the faint:
Come, Star, true course declaring
To mariners seafaring;
Safe port to shipmen wreck'd.

Sole boast of all poor mortals
That draw of life breath,
Come, when we near the portals,
The darksome gates of death;
Come, Lord, alone supplying 
Salvation for the dying;
Come, Holy Spirit, come!

Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: Oct 18, 2022