 | Poems (1931) |  |
36
MANE NOBISCUM DOMINE
Stay with us, Lord, the day is travelled far;
we meet thee at its close.
Lord, at our humble table sit and share,
and be, our sweet repose.
we meet thee at its close.
Lord, at our humble table sit and share,
and be, our sweet repose.
Pledge of our hospitality, the bread
is broken by thy hands;
our quaking love, our most confiding dread
beholds and understands.
is broken by thy hands;
our quaking love, our most confiding dread
beholds and understands.
Food of our souls enlightens and updries
our darkness and our tears;
the breaker and the broken to our eyes
is all, and disappears.
our darkness and our tears;
the breaker and the broken to our eyes
is all, and disappears.
We cannot be without thee, Lord, because
the night is perilous;
and anxiously our earthly journey draws
to evening; stay with us.
the night is perilous;
and anxiously our earthly journey draws
to evening; stay with us.
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