O bread of Heaven, beneath this veil\nThou dost my very God conceal:\nMy Jesus, dearest treasure, hail;\nI love thee and adoring kneel;\nEach loving soul by thee is fed\nWith thine own self in form of bread.\n2. O food of life, thou who dost give\nThe pledge of immortality;\nI live; no, ‘tis not I that live;\nGod gives me life, God lives in me;\nHe feeds my soul, he guides my ways,\nAnd every grief with joy repays.\n3. O bond of love, that dost unite\nThe servant to his living Lord;\nCould I dare live, and not requite\nSuch love, - then death were meet reward:\nI cannot live unless to prove\nSome love for such unmeasur’d love.\n4. Beloved Lord in heaven above,\nThere Jesus thou awaitest me;\nTo gaze on thee with changeless love;\nYes, thus I hope, thus shall it be:\nFor how can he deny me heaven\nWho here on earth himself hath given?