Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord (Song 46) (Orlando Gibbons)
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- (Posted 2022-03-16) CPDL #68460:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-16). Score information: A4, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- (Posted 2022-03-16) CPDL #68459:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-16). Score information: A4, 1 page, 81 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Tune: Song 46
Lyricist:
- Translation by John Mason Neale
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 10 10
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published:
Description: Words from the Bangor Antiphoner, c. 690; music: melody and bass by Gibbons, harmony from The English Hymnal, 1906
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Original text and translations
English text
Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord,
and drink the holy Blood for you outpoured.
Saved by that Body and that holy Blood,
with souls refreshed, we render thanks to God.
Salvation’s giver, Christ, the only Son,
by his dear cross and blood the victory won.
Offered was he for greatest and for least,
himself the Victim, and himself the Priest.
Approach ye then with faithful hearts sincere,
and take the pledges of salvation here.
He that his saints in this world rules and shields
to all believers life eternal yields;
with heavenly bread he makes the hungry whole,
gives living waters to the thirsting soul.
Alpha-Omega, unto whom shall bow
all nations at the doom, is with us now.