Text: | O Bread to pilgrims given |
Translator: | Ray Palmer (1808-87) |
Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
Arranger: | J. S. Bach |
Composer: | H. L. Hassler (1564-1612) |
1 O Bread to pilgrims given,
O Food that angels eat,
O Manna sent from heaven,
For heav'n-bom natures meet:
Give us, for thee long pining,
To eat till richly filled;
Till, earth's delights resigning,
Our every wish is stilled.
2 O Fountain, purely flowing
Forth from that sacred heart,
Our Saviour's grace bestowing,
True wine of life thou art.
O let us, freely tasting,
Our spirits' thirst assuage;
Thy goodness, never wasting,
Avails from age to age.
3 Jesus, this feast receiving,
We thee unseen adore;
Thy faithful word believing,
We take, and doubt no more:
Give us, thou true and loving,
On earth to live in thee;
Then, death the veil removing,
Thy glorious face to see.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Bread to pilgrims given |
Latin Title: | O esca viatorum |
Translator: | Ray Palmer (1808-87) |
Meter: | 76.76.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1974 |
Topic: | Holy Communion: At the Communion |
Source: | Maintzisch Gesangbuch, 1661 |
Copyright: | The altered text of No. 20 is the copyright of The Royal School of Church Music. |
Notes: | and Compilers |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | H. L. Hassler (1564-1612) |
Arranger: | J. S. Bach |
Meter: | 76.76.D. |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | St Matthew Passion (1729) |
Notes: | Two versions: Second Version (for one or more verses by the Choir alone) |