Religion
Holy Communion (Dear Body of my Lord !)
From Hymns of Love and Praise (1866)
Dear Body of my Lord!
Given in love for me.
Preserve my body and my soul,
Thine everlastingly.
I kneel, I take, I eat,
In mem'ry of His Death,
Upon Whom in my heart I feed.
With thanksgiving, by faith.
Blood of my Saviour, Christ!
So freely shed for me,
Preserve my body and my soul.
Their Life Eternal be.
With thankful heart I drink.
In mem'ry of that Blood,
Shed for my soul, to reconcile
Its wayward will to God.
Codex Note
Text: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to Thy Voice : cause me to hear it. — Cant. viii. 13.
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Monsell, John S. B. “Holy Communion (Dear Body of my Lord !).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/179/.
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Monsell, John S. B. “Holy Communion (Dear Body of my Lord !).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/179/.
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