This text was inspired by an American Gospel song written in 1872 by Lewis Hartsough, the text and tune of which was transported to Wales, where it received its name, GWAHODDIAD*, Welsh for "invitation." The imagery is from the Song of Solomon.
1.
My
Beloved sets for me
A banquet from above
And over me He
stretches forth
The banner of
His love.
Refrain:
“Come, both great and least,”
Calls our great High
Priest,
“I, with My own
flesh and blood,
Will feed you at
My Feast.”
2.
My delight is in the shade
Beneath
His holy tree;
How
sweet the taste, how fair the fruit
That
falls from Calvary! Refrain
3.
Every fear of mine is gone
Within His strong embrace;
His loving arms that bore my shame
Assure me of His grace. Refrain
4.
We are robed in purest white
As
Christ’s beloved bride,
Made clean by water and the blood
That flowed from Jesus' side! Refrain
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