| Text: | With all the powers my poor heart hath |
| Author: | Thomas Aquinas, d. 1274 |
| Translator: | Richard Crashaw |
| Tune: | GRACE CHURCH |
1 With all the powers my poor heart hath
Of humble love and loyal faith,
I come, dear Lord, to worship Thee,
Whom so much Love bowed low for me.
2 O dear memorial of that Death
Which still survives, and gives us breath!
Live ever, Bread of Life, and be
My food, my joy, my all to me!
3 Come, glorious Lord! My hopes increase,
And mix my portion with Thy peace!
Come, and for ever dwell in me,
That I may only live to Thee.
4 Come, hidden Life, and that long day
For which I languish, come away!
When this faint soul Thy face shall see,
And drink the unsealed Source of Thee:
5 When glory's sun faith's shade shall chase,
And for Thy veil, give me Thy face,
Then shall my praise eternal be
To the Eternal Trinity!
Amen.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | With all the powers my poor heart hath |
| Author: | Thomas Aquinas, d. 1274 |
| Translator: | Richard Crashaw (1648) |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1917 |
| Topic: | The Holy Communion |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | GRACE CHURCH |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Key: | G Major |
| Source: | Arranged from Ignaz J. Pleyel, 1815 |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |