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*{{PostedDate|2011-01-18}} {{CPDLno|23032}} [[Media:Vaughan Williams-Come down, O Love divine.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Vaughan Williams-Down Ampney.mp3|{{mp3}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2011-01-18}} {{CPDLno|23032}} [[Media:Vaughan Williams-Come down, O Love divine.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Vaughan Williams-Down Ampney.mp3|{{mp3}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Charles H. Giffen|2011-01-18}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|78}}{{Copy|Personal}} | {{Editor|Charles H. Giffen|2011-01-18}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|78}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
:{{EdNotes|{{Edc|arr|Charles H. Giffen|, 2011.}}. Arranged with two descants. The synthesized MP3 performance has Oboe and English horn doubling the two descants. Revised version uploaded 2011-05-25. Copyright by the arranger for CPDL, may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded. Please [[Talk:Charles H. Giffen|inform the arranger]] of any performances of this work. | :{{EdNotes|{{Edc|arr|Charles H. Giffen|, 2011.}}. Arranged with two descants. The synthesized MP3 performance has Oboe and English horn doubling the two descants. Revised version uploaded 2011-05-25. Copyright by the arranger for CPDL, may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded. Please [[Talk:Charles H. Giffen|inform the arranger]] of any performances of this work.}} | ||
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- (Posted 2011-01-18) CPDL #23032:
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2011-01-18). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 78 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Arranged by Charles H. Giffen. Arranged with two descants. The synthesized MP3 performance has Oboe and English horn doubling the two descants. Revised version uploaded 2011-05-25. Copyright by the arranger for CPDL, may be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded. Please inform the arranger of any performances of this work.
General Information
Title: Come down, O Love divine
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lyricist: Bianco of Siena (?-1434)
- Translation by Richard Frederic Littledale (1833-1958)
Number of voices: 4 plus 2vv Voicing: SATB
plus 2 Descants
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Tune: Down Ampney Meter: 66 11. D
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
First published: 1906
(tune).
Description: Lyrics: Bianco of Siena (?-1434) (Discendi, Amor santo); appeared in Laudi spirituali del Bianco da Siena, edited by T. Bini, 1851; translated from Italian to English by Richard F. Littledale in The People’s Hymnal, 1867.
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Original text and translations
English text
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.
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.
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.
And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace, till he become the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.