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Text: | Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face |
Author: | Horatius Bonar |
Tune: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William H. Monk |
1 Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face;
Here would I touch and handle things unseen;
Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace,
And all my weariness upon thee lean.
2 Here would I feed upon the bread of God;
Here drink with thee the royal wine of heaven;
Here would I lay aside each earthly load,
Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven.
3 Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear;
The feast, though not the love, is passed and gone;
The broad and wine remove, but thou art here
Nearer than ever still my Shield and Sun.
4 Feast after feast thus comes and passes by;
Yet, passing, point to the glad feast above,
Giving sweet foretastes of the festal joy,
The Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face |
Author: | Horatius Bonar |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Church: Lord's Supper |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William H. Monk |
Meter: | 10s |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #249 or 100. |