Words: Maintzich Gesangbuch, 1661; translated from German to English by John Athelstan Laurie Riley, 1906.
Music: "O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen" (O World, I Must Leave You), 15th Century German melody, adapted by Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517), harmony by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1729
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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.
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.
O Jesus, by Thee bidden,
We here adore Thee,
Hidden in forms of bread and wine.
Grant when the veil is risen,
We may behold, in heaven,
Thy countenance divine.
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