Bread of the world, in mercy broken (Robert Franz)
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- Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2023-02-21). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 57 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: adapted & arranged for Mixed Chorus by John Henry Cornell (1828 - 1894).
General Information
Title: Bread of the world, in mercy broken
Composer: Robert Franz
Lyricist: Reginald Heber
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
First published: 1889
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Original text and translations
English text
1 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.
2 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.