The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12066

12066. Incarnate Word, Who, Wont To Dwell

1 Incarnate Word, who, wont to dwell
In lowly shape and cottage cell,
Didst not refuse a guest to be
At Cana’s poor festivity.

2 Oh, when our soul from care is free,
Then, Savior, may we think on Thee,
And, seated at the festal board,
In fancy’s eye behold the Lord.

3 Then may we seem, in fancy’s ear.
Thy manna-dropping tongue to hear,
And think—e’en now, Thy searching gaze
Each secret of our soul surveys!

4 So may such joy, chastised and pure,
Beyond the bounds of earth endure;
Nor pleasure in the wounded mind
Shall leave a rankling sting behind!

Text Information

• First Line: Incarnate Word, who, wont to dwell
• Title: Incarnate Word, Who, Wont To Dwell
• Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year (London: J. Murray, 1827)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LEIPZIG
• Composer: Johann Hermann Schien (1628)
• Harmonizer: Johann S. Bach, 1685-1750
• Meter: LM
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain