The Minstrel of Zion ‎#187

187. COMMUNION

1 Oh that I could for ever dwell
With Mary at the Saviour's feet;
And view the form I love so well,
And all his tender words repeat,
And all his tender words repeat.

2 The world shut out from all my soul,
And heaven brought in with all its bliss;
Oh, is there ought from pole to pole,
One moment to compare with this?

3 This is the hidden life and prize,
A life of penitential love,
When most my follies I despise,
And raise my highest thoughts above.

4 Thus would I live, till nature fail,
And all my former sins forsake;
Then rise to God within the veil,
And of eternal joys partake.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh that I could for ever dwell
• Title: COMMUNION
• Publication Date: 1845

Tune Information

• Name: COMMUNION
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major or modal