4827. O Food That Weary Pilgrims Love

1. O food that weary pilgrims love,
O bread of angel hosts above,
O manna of the saints,
The hungry soul would feed on Thee;
Ne’er may the heart unsolaced be
Which for Thy sweetness faints.

2. O fount of love, O cleansing tide,
Which from the Savior’s piercèd side
And sacred heart dost flow,
Be ours to drink of Thy pure rill,
Which only can our spirits fill,
And all our need bestow.

3. Lord Jesu, whom, by power divine
Now hidden ’neath the outward sign,
We worship and adore,
Grant, when the veil away is rolled,
With open face we may behold
Thyself forevermore.

Text Information
First Line: O food that weary pilgrims love
Title: O Food That Weary Pilgrims Love
Latin Title: O Esca viatorum
Meter: 88.68.86
Language: English
Source: Maintzich Gesangbuch, 1661; translated from Latin to English by the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: MANNA, Johann G. Schicht, 1819
Tune Information
Name: ESCA VIATORUM
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1868)
Meter: 88.68.86
Incipit: 13542 12314 36571
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868
Copyright: Public Domain



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