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Rh Sweet Sacrament! we thee adore! Oh, make us love thee more and more!

Had I but Mary's sinless heart To love Thee with, my dearest King, Oh, with what bursts of fervent praise Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing Sweet Sacrament, &c.

Oh, see! within a creature's hand The vast Creator deigns to be, Reposing infant-like, as though On Joseph's arm, or Mary's knee. Sweet Sacrament, &c.

Thy Body, Soul, and Godhead, all! Oh, mystery of love divine! I cannot compass all I have; For all Thou hast and art are mine! Sweet Sacrament, &c.

He comes! He comes! the Lord of Hosts, Borne on His throne triumphantly! We see Thee, and we know Thee, Lord; And yearn to shed our blood for Thee Sweet Sacrament, &c.

 

to Thee, true Body, sprung From the Virgin Mary's womb; The same that on the Cross was hung, And bore for man the bitter doom. 