{"slug": "come-down-o-love-divine", "title": "Come Down, O Love Divine", "first_line": "Come down, O Love divine", "author": "bianco-of-siena", "author_date": "1390", "translator": "richard-littledale", "translator_date": "1867", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 11], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Holy Spirit", "Pentecost", "Consecration"], "scripture": ["Romans 5:5"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "littledale-1867", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Bianco of Siena (d. c.1434); tr. Richard F. Littledale, 1867. Both d. pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "come_down_o_love_divine", "total_instances": 122}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Come down, O love di -- vine, seek Thou this soul of mine, And vis -- it it with Thine own ar -- dor glow -- ing. O Com -- fort -- er, draw near, with -- in my heart ap -- pear, And kin -- dle it, Thy ho -- ly flame be -- stow -- ing.", "prose": ["Come down, O love divine,", "seek Thou this soul of mine,", "And visit it with Thine own ardor glowing.", "O Comforter, draw near,", "within my heart appear,", "And kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O let it free -- ly burn, til earth -- ly pas -- sions turn To dust and ash -- es in its heat con -- sum -- ing; And let Thy glor -- ious light shine ev -- er on my sight, And clothe me round, the while my path il -- lum -- ing.", "prose": ["O let it freely burn,", "til earthly passions turn", "To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;", "And let Thy glorious light", "shine ever on my sight,", "And clothe me round, the while my path illuming."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Let ho -- ly char -- it -- y mine out -- ward ves -- ture be, And low -- li -- ness be -- come mine in -- ner cloth -- ing; True low -- li -- ness of heart, which takes the hum -- bler part, And o'er its own short -- com -- ings weeps with loath -- ing.", "prose": ["Let holy charity", "mine outward vesture be,", "And lowliness become mine inner clothing;", "True lowliness of heart,", "which takes the humbler part,", "And o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "And so the yearn -- ing strong, with which the soul will long, Shall far out -- pass the pow'r of hu -- man tell -- ing; For none can guess its grace, till he be -- come the place Where -- in the Ho -- ly Spir -- it makes His dwell -- ing.", "prose": ["And so the yearning strong,", "with which the soul will long,", "Shall far outpass the pow'r of human telling;", "For none can guess its grace,", "till he become the place", "Wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}