O Food To Pilgrims Given

O food to pilgrims given,

O bread of life from Heaven,

O manna from on high!

We hunger, Lord, supply us,

Nor Thy delights deny us,

Whose hearts to Thee draw nigh.

O stream of love past telling,

O purest fountain welling

From out the Savior’s side!

We faint with thirst; revive us,

Of Thine abundance give us,

And all we need provide.

O Jesus, by Thee bidden,

We here adore Thee,

Hidden in forms of bread and wine.

Grant when the veil is riven,

We may behold, in heaven,

Thy countenance divine.

~Words: Maintzich Gesangbuch, 1661 (O Esca viatorum); translated from Latin to English by J. Athelstan Riley, 1906 & Music: O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen, 15th Century German melody; adapted by Heinrich Isaac, 1539; harmony by Johann S. Bach, 1729