English poem
Hymn to God the Holy-Ghost
by Anonymous
Hail, Holy-Ghost, Jehovah, Third In order of the Three; Sprung from the Father and the Word From all Eternity.
Thy Spirit brooding o'er th' Abyss Of firmless Waters lay, Spoke into Order all that is, And Darkness into Day.
In deepest Hell or Heavens height Thy Presence who can fly? Known is the Father to thy Sight, Th' Abyss of Deity.
Thy Power thro' Jesus's Life display'd Quite from the Virgin's Womb, Dying his Soul an offering made, And rais'd him from the Tomb.
God's Image which our Sins destroy Thy Grace restores below. And Truth and Holiness and Joy From thee, their Fountain, flow.
Hail, Holy Ghost, Jehovah, third In order of the three, Sprung from the Father and the Word From all Eternity.