Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
I. The Divine Element(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit)Veni Sancte Spiritus
King Robert II. of France (9721031)C
From highest heaven on us down shine!
Comforter, be thy comfort mine!
Come, with thy gifts of precious worth;
Come Light of all of mortal birth!
The heart where thou art constant guest,
Who giv’st the heavy-laden rest.
Our shadow in the noonday heat,
Before whom mourning flieth fleet.
On all who cry to thee apart,
And fill with gladness every heart.
Or skilful deed, or wisest thought,
God counts it vain and merely naught.
O’er parchèd souls thy waters pour;
Heal the sad heart that acheth sore.
O melt the frozen with thy rays;
Call home the lost in error’s maze.
And hold the Faith in unity,
Thy precious gifts of charity;
And find in death our happiness,
And dwell with thee in lasting bliss!