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Text:I hunger and I thirst
Author:John Samuel Beweley Monsell, 1811-1875
Tune:QUAM DILECTA
Composer:Henry Lascelles Jenner, 1820-1898

198. I hunger and I thirst

1 I hunger and I thirst;
Jesus my manna be:
ye living waters, burst
out of the rock for me.

2 Thou bruised and broken bread,
my life-long wants supply;
as living souls are fed,
oh feed me, or I die.

3 Thou true life-giving Vine,
let me thy sweetness prove;
renew my life with thine,
refresh my soul with love.

4 Since first their course began,
rough paths my feet have trod.
Feed me, thou living bead;
help me, thou Son of God.

5 For still the desert lies
my thirsting soul before;
O living waters, rise
within me evermore.

Text Information
First Line: I hunger and I thirst
Title: I hunger and I thirst
Author: John Samuel Beweley Monsell, 1811-1875 (alt.)
Meter: 6 6 6 6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Church Year: Lent; Communion; Desert / Wilderness (6 more...)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: QUAM DILECTA
Composer: Henry Lascelles Jenner, 1820-1898
Meter: 6 6 6 6
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



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