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Text:Very Bread, good Shepherd, tend us
Author:St. Thomas Aquinas, 1227 - 74
Tune:ECCE PANIS
Composer:John Bacchus Dykes, 1823 - 76

280. Very Bread, good Shepherd, tend us

1 Very Bread, good Shepherd, tend us
Jesus, of thy love befriend us,
Thou refresh us, thou defend us,
Thine eternal goodness send us
In the land of life to see:

2 Thou who all things canst and knowest,
Who on earth such food bestowest,
Grant us with thy saints, though lowest,
Where the heavenly feast thou showest,
Fellow-heirs and guests to be.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Very Bread, good Shepherd, tend us
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1227 - 74
Language: English
Publication Date: 1958
Topic: Sacraments and Rites: Holy Communion
Source: Tr. Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868
Tune Information
Name: ECCE PANIS
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823 - 76
Meter: Irregular
Key: E Major



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