The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4813

4813. O Food of Men Wayfaring

1. O food of men wayfaring,
The bread of angels sharing,
O manna from on high!
We hunger; Lord, supply us,
Nor Thy delights deny us,
Whose hearts to Thee draw nigh.

2. O stream of love past telling,
O purest fountain, welling
From out the Savior’s side!
We faint with thirst; revive us,
Of Thine abundance give us,
And all we need provide.

3. O Jesus, by Thee bidden,
We here adore Thee, hidden
’Neath forms of bread and wine.
Grant when the veil is riven,
We may behold, in heaven,
Thy countenance divine.

Text Information

• First Line: O food of men wayfaring
• Title: O Food of Men Wayfaring
• Latin Title: O esca viatorum
• Author: Unknown (1661)
• Translator (from Latin): J. Athelstan Riley
• Meter: 77.67.76
• Language: English
• Source: translation in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 321
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: IN ALLEN MEINEN THATEN, Davidisches Harfen und Psalterspiel, 1744

Tune Information

• Name: O ESCA VIATORUM
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois (1549)
• Meter: 77.67.76
• Incipit: 11177 13235 57543
• Key: e minor
• Copyright: Public Domain