Classic Poem

1. Jesus spreads his banner o'er us, Cheers our famished souls with food;
He the banquet spreads before us Of his mystic flesh and blood.
May we taste it, kindly given, In remembrance, Lord, of thee.
Precious banquet, bread of heaven; Wine of gladness, flowing free;

2. In thy holy incarnation,
When the angels sang thy birth;
In thy fasting and temptation;
In thy labors on the earth;
In thy trial and rejection;
In thy sufferings on the tree;
In thy glorious resurrection;
May we, Lord, remember thee.