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AT THE FEAST by LUCY LARCOM

First Line: THIS IS NOT ONLY BREAD AND WINE
Last Line: WOULD DRINK WITH THEE, DEAR LORD!
Subject(s): WORSHIP;
THIS is not only bread and wine --
Thy body and Thy blood --
It is Thyself, Thy Life Divine,
That is our spirit's food.
It is the feast of Life, not death,
That now we celebrate;
Breathe into us Thy Spirit's breath,
As here for Thee we wait!
Thou art alive! O let us be
To life in Thee restored!
The new wine of Thy Kingdom we
Would drink with Thee, dear Lord!




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