Religion
Holy Communion (I hunger and I thirst)
From Hymns of Love and Praise (1866)
I hunger and I thirst,
Jesus! my manna be.
Ye living Waters! burst
Out of the Back for me.
Thou bruised and broken Bread!
My life-long wants supply.
As living souls are fed
O feed me, or I die.
Thou true Life-giving Vine!
Let me Thy sweetness prove,
Renew my life with Thine,
Refresh my soul with love.
Bough paths my feet have trod
Since first their course began;
Feed me, Thou Bread of God!
Help me, Thou Son of Man!
For still the desert lies
My thirsting soul before,
O Living Waters! rise
Within me evermore.
Codex Note
Text: I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine : He feedeth among the lilies. — Cant. vi. 3.
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MLA
Monsell, John S. B. “Holy Communion (I hunger and I thirst).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/178/.
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Monsell, John S. B. “Holy Communion (I hunger and I thirst).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/178/.
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