"Ich sterbe täglich" (TLH #315)

"Ich sterbe täglich" (TLH #120)

"Thy Body, Given for Me, O Savior"

Back in March, I transcribed "Thy Body, Given for Me, O Savior" (sung to the tune "Ich sterbe täglich") and noticed a small thing about it.

The third line of the first verse is "These [Christ's body and blood] are my life and strength forever," sung to this phrase:

"Forever" is sung with a melisma (G E D C), and since the word is drawn out, there's something of a sense of that long period of time.

"I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table"

A couple months ago, one of the hymns in church was "I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table."  I realized something about the beginning of the fourth verse.  The first line is "Weary am I and heavy laden," and the melody there (in the tune "Ich sterbe täglich") descends, portraying both weariness and being heavy laden:

"Laden" is even sung with a melisma, which emphasizes the effect.

Additionally, while it doesn't seem to have any connection to the hymn text, there's a cross inscription in the second measure.