Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
O Bread of heaven, beneath this veil.
That hides my very God concealed:
My Jesus, dearest treasure, hail;
I love you and adoring kneel;
Each loving soul by you is fed,
With your own self in form of bread.
VERSE 2
O Food of life, that you do give,
The pledge of immortality
I live, no, 'tis not I that live;
God gives me life, God lives in me:
He feeds my soul, He guides my ways,
And every grief with joy repays.
VERSE 3
O Bond of love, which does unite,
The servant to his living Lord;
Could I dare live, and not requite,
Such lovethen death was meet reward:
I cannot live unless to prove,
Some love for such unmeasur'd love.
VERSE 4
Beloved Lord in heaven above,
There, Jesus, is awaiting me;
To look on you with changeless love;
Yes thus, I hope, thus shall it be:
For how can he deny me heaven,
Who here on earth, himself has given?
