Remember we that eve, * When, the Last Supper spread,
Christ, as we all believe, * The Lamb, with leavenless bread,
Among His brethren shared, * And thus the Law obeyed,
Of old unto their sires declared.

The typic lamb consumed, * The legal Feast complete,
The Lord unto the Twelve * His Body gave to eat;
The whole to all, no less * The whole to each did mete
With His own hands, as we confess.

He gave them, weak and frail, * His Flesh, their Food to be;
On them, downcast and sad, * His Blood bestowed He:
And thus to them He spake, * “Receive this Cup from Me,
And all of you of this partake.”

So He this Sacrifice * To institute did will,
And charged His priests alone * That office to fulfill:
In them He did confide: * To whom it pertaineth still
To take, and to the rest divide.

Thus Angels’ Bread is made * The Bread of man to-day:
The Living Bread from Heaven * With figures dost away:
O wondrous gift indeed! * The poor and lowly may
Upon their Lord and Master feed.