Hymns of the Early Church / being translations from the poetry of the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year

by John Brownlie

O FONS AMORIS, SPIRITUS

By Charles Coffin. ([See p. 3.]) It is a recast of the Nunc nobis, Sancte Spiritus of St. Ambrose.

I

O Holy Spirit, font of love,

Thou source of life, and joy, and peace,

With holy fire come from above,

And bid our hearts their warmth increase.

II

O Thou who didst with love’s strong cord

Unite the Father and the Son,

May we who love a common Lord,

In mutual love be bound in one.

III

Now to the Father throned on high,

And unto Christ His only Son,

And to the Spirit, glory be,

Now, and while endless ages run.