Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1791)/For Whit-Sunday

by Rabanus Maurus, translated by John Dryden

For other English-language translations of this work, see Veni Creator Spiritus (Maurus).

For other versions of this translation, see Creator Spirit, by whose aid.

HYMN XVI.

For WHIT-SUNDAY.

Creator Spirit, by whose Aid
The World's Foundations first were laid,
Come, visit ev'ry pious Mind,
Come, pour thy Joys on Human Kind.

5 From Sin and Sorrow set us free,
And make thy Temples worthy thee:^[1]
Illumine our dull darken'd Sight,
Thou Source of uncreated Light.

Make us eternal Truths receive,
10 And practice all that we believe;
Give us thyself that we may see,
The Father and the Son by thee.^[2]

Immortal Honours, endless Fame,
Attend th'Almighty Father's Name;
15 The Saviour Son be glorify'd,
Who for lost Man's Redemption dy'd.

And equal Adoration be,
Creator, Spirit, paid to thee:^[3]
"Come, visit ev'ry pious Mind;
20 "Come, pour thy Joys on Human Kind!"^[4]

Notes

1. 1—6 = Dryden: 1—6.
2. 9—12 = Dryden: 30—33.
3. 14—18 = Dryden: 34—39.
4. 19—20 = Dryden: 3—4.