Religion

Holy Communion (I hunger and I thirst)

by John S. B. Monsell 1811–1875

From Hymns of Love and Praise (1866)

Religion

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.

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Text: I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine : He feedeth among the lilies. — Cant. vi. 3.

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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