Inspiration:    O antiphons, ca. 9th cent.
st. 1, 3-6, para. in Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Cologne, 1710.
Lyrics:    st. 1, 3, 5, 6, John Mason Neale, 1818-1866, from The Hymnal Noted, 1852;
revised in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861.
st. 2, 7, Henry Sloane Coffin, 1877-1954, in Hymns of the Kingdom of God, 1916.
Meter:    S88.88 R88
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VENI EMMANUEL

Composer:    Chant, Mode I; Processionale, French, 15th cent.;
adapt. and arr. by Thomas Helmore, 1811-1890, in The Hymnal Noted, Part II, 1854.
Hymnals:    AOV1:174 • CWB1:763 • CWB2:242 • GA:285 • NLP:171
DO74:4+5 • CHE:512 • CBW3:312
H22:189 • J2:311 • J3:274 • W3:357 • W4:386
Note:    The Divine Office splits this hymn into two, the second part starting at verse 4.  It also
replaces thou in the traditional version with now making a gramatically odd structure, so O was used instead, making it equivalent to the version in Worship, 4th ed..
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Lyrics:   traditional • DO74 • CWB2