# Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,

Language: en  
Author: Isaac Watts \(1674\-1748\)  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of The Remnant, March/April 2011, Number 2  
Source pages: 5  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/come-holy-spirit-heavenly-dove/>
Original PDF: 2011\-03\-Remnant\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of The Remnant, March/April 2011](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2011-03/>)

**Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,**  
 With all Thy quick’ning powers;  
 Kindle a flame of sacred love  
 In these cold hearts of ours\.

Look how we grovel here below,  
 Fond of these trifling toys;  
 Our souls can neither fly nor go  
 To reach eternal joys\.

In vain we tune our formal songs,  
 In vain we strive to rise;  
 Hosannas languish on our tongues,  
 And our devotion dies\.

Dear Lord\! and shall we ever live  
 At this poor dying rate?  
 Our love so faint, so cold to Thee,  
 And Thine to us so great\!

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,  
 With all Thy quick’ning powers;  
 Come, shed abroad the Savior’s love  
 And that shall kindle ours\.

Isaac Watts \(1674\-1748\)