Classic Poem

Give us our daily Bread,
O God, the bread of strength!
For we have learned to know
How weak we are at length.
As children we are weak,
As children must be fed; —
Give us Thy Grace, O Lord,
To be our daily Bread.

Give us our daily Bread, —
The bitter bread of grief
We sought earth's poisoned feasts
For pleasure and relief;
We sought her deadly fruits,
But now, O God, instead,
We ask Thy healing grief
To be our daily Bread.

Give us our daily Bread
To cheer our fainting soul;
The feast of comfort, Lord,
And peace, to make us whole:
For we are sick of tears,
The useless tears we shed;
Now give us comfort, Lord,
To be our daily Bread.

Give us our daily Bread,
The Bread of Angels, Lord,
By us, so many times,
Broken, betrayed, adored:
His Body and His Blood; —
The feast that Jesus spread:
Give Him — our life, our all —
To be our daily Bread!