Classic Poem

O bread to pilgrims given,
O Food that angels eat,
O Manna sent from heaven,
For heaven-born natures meet.
Give us, for thee long pining,
To eat till richly filled;
Till, earth's delights resigning,
Our every wish is stilled!

O Water, life-bestowing,
From out the Savior's heart,
A fountain purely flowing,
A fount of love thou art!
Oh let us, freely tasting,
Our burning thirst assuage!
Thy sweetness, never wasting,
Avails from age to age.

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.