Come, Holy Ghost, with God the Son

Come, Holy Ghost, with God the Son
And God the Father, ever One;
Shed forth Thy grace within our breast,
And dwell with us a ready Guest.

By every power, by heart and tongue,
By act and deed, Thy praise be sung;
Inflame with perfect love each sense,
That others’ souls may kindle thence.

O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Shall live and reign eternally.

Author: Rabanus Maurus

Year: 800

This is an English translation of the Latin hymn 'Veni Creator Spiritus' (or a close variant), traditionally attributed to Rabanus Maurus (c. 780–856). The specific English rendering here is likely by John Cosin or an anonymous 19th-century translator, but the original author of the lyrics is Rabanus Maurus.