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O King of earth, and air, and sea! The hungry ravens cry to thee; To thee the scaly tribes that sweep The bosom of the boundless deep. Thy bounteous hand with food can bless The bleak and lonely wilderness; And thou has taught us, Lord, to pray For daily bread from day to day. And O, when through the wilds we roam, That part us from our heavenly home; When lost in danger, want, and woe, Our faithless tears begin to flow; Do thou thy gracious comfort give, By which alone the soul may live; And grant thy servants, Lord, we pray, The bread of life, from day to day.
O King of earth, and air, and sea! The hungry ravens cry to thee; To thee the scaly tribes that sweep The bosom of the boundless deep. Thy bounteous hand with food can bless The bleak and lonely wilderness; And thou has taught us, Lord, to pray For daily bread from day to day. And O, when through the wilds we roam, That part us from our heavenly home; When lost in danger, want, and woe, Our faithless tears begin to flow; Do thou thy gracious comfort give, By which alone the soul may live; And grant thy servants, Lord, we pray, The bread of life, from day to day.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 88 · printed citation: Heber · subject: BREAD
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