Religion
Maelisu's Hymn to the Holy Spirit
Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves (1917) · From A Celtic Psaltery (1917)
O Holy Spirit, hasten to us!
Move round about us, in us, through us!
All our deadened souls' desires
Inflame anew with heavenly fires!
Yea! let each heart become a hostel
Of Thy bright Presence Pentecostal,
Whose power from pestilence and slaughter
Shall shield us still by land and water.
From bosom sins, seducing devils,
From Hell with all its hundred evils,
For Jesus' only sake and merit,
Preserve us, Thou Almighty Spirit!
Codex Note
By Maelisu ua Brolchain.
Cite this poem
MLA
Brolcháin, Máel Ísu Ua. “Maelisu's Hymn to the Holy Spirit.” Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mael-isu-ua-brolchain/1/.
Chicago
Brolcháin, Máel Ísu Ua. “Maelisu's Hymn to the Holy Spirit.” Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mael-isu-ua-brolchain/1/.
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