{"slug": "spirit-of-god-descend-upon-my-heart", "title": "Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart", "first_line": "Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart", "author": "george-croly", "author_date": "1854", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [10, 10, 10, 10], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Holy Spirit", "Consecration", "Prayer"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "George Croly, \"Spirit of God, descend upon my heart,\" Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship (1854). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. Author d. 1860. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Spir -- it of God, de -- scend up -- on my heart; Wean it from earth, through all its pul -- ses move; Stoop to my weak -- ness, might -- y as Thou art, And make me love Thee as I ought to love.", "prose": ["Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;", "Wean it from earth, through all its pulses move;", "Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art,", "And make me love Thee as I ought to love."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "I ask no dream, no proph -- et ec -- sta -- sies, No sud -- den rend -- ing of the veil of clay, No an -- gel vis -- i -- tant, no o -- p'ning skies; But take the dim -- ness of my soul a -- way.", "prose": ["I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,", "No sudden rending of the veil of clay,", "No angel visitant, no opening skies;", "But take the dimness of my soul away."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Hast Thou not bid me love Thee, God and King? All, all Thine own, soul, heart, and strength, and mind. I see Thy cross; there teach my heart to cling: O let me seek Thee, and O let me find!", "prose": ["Hast Thou not bid me love Thee, God and King?", "All, all Thine own, soul, heart, and strength, and mind.", "I see Thy cross; there teach my heart to cling:", "O let me seek Thee, and O let me find!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Teach me to feel that Thou art al -- ways nigh; Teach me the strug -- gles of the soul to bear. To check the ris -- ing doubt, the reb -- el sigh, Teach me the pa -- tience of un -- an -- swered prayer.", "prose": ["Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh;", "Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear.", "To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh,", "Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Teach me to love Thee as Thine an -- gels love, One ho -- ly pas -- sion fill -- ing all my frame; The kin -- dling of the heav'n -- de -- scend -- ed Dove, My heart an al -- tar, and Thy love the flame.", "prose": ["Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love,", "One holy passion filling all my frame;", "The kindling of the heaven-descended Dove,", "My heart an altar, and Thy love the flame."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}