309. O Food to pilgrims given

1. O Food to pilgrims given,
O Bread of life from heaven,
O Manna from on high!
We hunger; Lord, supply us,
nor thy delights deny us,
whose hearts to thee draw nigh.

2. O stream of love past telling,
O purest fountain, welling
from out the Savior's side!
We faint with thirst; revive us,
of thine abundance give us,
and all we need provide.

3. O Jesus, by thee bidden,
we here adore thee, hidden
in forms of bread and wine.
Grant when the veil is riven,
we may behold, in heaven,
thy countenance divine.

Text Information
First Line: O Food to pilgrims given
Translator: John Athelstan Lurie Riley, 1858-1945 (alt.)
Meter: 776. D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Holy Eucharist
Source: Latin, 1661
Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press.
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
Composer (melody, attr.): Heinrich Isaac, 1858-1945 (alt.)
Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
Meter: 776. D
Key: F Major



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