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Whitsuntide

Come down, O love divine,

seek thou this soul of mine,

and visit it, with thine own ardour glowing:

O comforter, draw near,

within my heart appear,

and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.

Bianco da Siena

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Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,

gentle as is the dove ...

Margaret V.Old

With open wings a seagull skims the spray,

 Sounding the depth below, a great whale sings,

Your spirit moves amongst them as they play

With open wings.....

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Speak to my soul through all you made this day,

Through all that swims and flies and swoops and swings,

And let your spirit lift the words I say

With open wings.

                                                                        Malcolm Guite

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The name Whitsunday has many possible derivations\:

one suggests that it refers to the wearing of white garments by those baptised on this day;

another has the form "Wyt sondie", having reference to the outpouring of wisdom upon the apostles "wyt" = understanding;

and in Yorkshire the word has in the past taken the form Whissun Day with a strong emphasis upon the first syllable.

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​This week the oldest man in the world, born in Yorkshire, died at the age of 112

Apparently he lived by the motto:

'it is better to make a friend of a possible enemy than to make an enemy of a possible friend'

ThisThiWisdom indeed.s week