Pentecost
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
- Words:
- Edwin Hatch, 1878.
- Music:
- 'Aylesbury' or 'Wirksworth' found in John Chetham's Psalmody, 1718.
- Setting:
- "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1904.
- Metre:
- 6 6 8 6
- 1Breathe on me, breath of God,Fill me with life anew,That I may love what Thou dost love,And do what Thou wouldst do.
- 2Breathe on me, breath of God,Until my heart is pure,Until with Thee I will one will,To do and to endure.
- 3Breathe on me, breath of God,So shall I never die,But live with Thee the perfect lifeOf Thine eternity.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1878, the words are in 410 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Aylesbury, is in 68 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.