Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HYMN: BEFORE THE SACRAMENT, by REGINALD HEBER


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HYMN: BEFORE THE SACRAMENT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bread of the world, in mercy broken
Last Line: That by thy grace our souls are fed!
Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology


BREAD of the world, in mercy broken!
Wine of the soul in mercy shed!
By whom the words of life were spoken,
And in whose death our sins are dead!

Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
Look on the tears by sinners shed,
And be Thy feast to us the token
That by Thy grace our souls are fed!





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