Hymn
Come, Thou Desire of All the Saints
Come, thou Desire of all thy saints!
Our humble strains attend,
While with our praises and complaints,
Low at thy feet we bend.
How should our songs, like those above,
With warm devotion rise!
How should our souls, on wings of love,
Mount upward to the skies!
Come, Lord! thy love alone can raise
In us the heavenly flame;
Then shall our lips resound thy praise,
Our hearts adore thy name.
Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine,
And fill thy dwellings here,
Till life, and love, and joy divine
A heaven on earth appear.
Come, Thou Desire of All the Saints — Text from Laudes Domini, 1890. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/come-thou-desire-of-all-the-saints
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Come, Thou Desire of All the Saints?
The words of Come, Thou Desire of All the Saints were written by Anne Steele; the version here was published in 1890. The library holds 47 more hymns by Anne Steele, including My God, my Father, blissful name and Thou only Sovereign of my heart.
Is Come, Thou Desire of All the Saints public domain?
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What is the metre of Come, Thou Desire of All the Saints?
Come, Thou Desire of All the Saints is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, When God of old came down from heaven, God's Condescension and Priesthood of Christ.