 by whose aid", written 1690 by John Dryden and published in "The Church Hymn Book" 1872 (n. 313); one of the earlier is the 1627 version "Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire" by Bishop John Cosin.Martin Luther used it as the basis for his chorale for Pentecost "", first published in 1524.Since the English Reformation in the 16th century, there have been more than fifty English language translations and paraphrases of Veni Creator Spiritus.