Draw Nigh, Draw Nigh, Emmanuel

Draw Nigh, Draw Nigh, Emmanuel

Version 2

For Advent

The Desire of All Nations Shall Come

Words: Veni, Veni, Emanuel (the "O" Antiphons),
Authorship Unknown, 8th Century Latin;
Published As A Hymn in Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, 7^th Edition, Köln, 1710.

Translated by Rev. John Mason Neale

Compare: Draw Nigh, Draw Nigh, Emmanuel (Neale, Version 1)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Version 1

See: Notes on Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

Music: "Veni Emmanuel," Based on a 15^th Century French Processional,
Arranged by Rev. Thomas Helmore and harmonized by Rev. S. S. Greatheed in
Hymnal Noted, Part II (London: 1856) and
Accompanying Harmonies to the Hymnal Noted-Part II (London: 1858)
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Meter: 88 88 88

See: Notes on Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

Source: Rev. John Mason Neale and Rev. Thomas Helmore, eds., Hymnal Noted, Part I. (London: Novello & Co., 1852), Part II (London: Novello & Co., 1856), #65 (or #30 in the Combined Edition), p. 131

1. ^a Draw nigh, draw nigh, Emmanuel,
^b And ransom captive Israel,
^c That mourns in lonely exile here,
^d Until the Son of God appear.
        ^e Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
        ^f Shall be born for thee, O Israel !

2. ^g Draw nigh, O Jesse's Rod, draw nigh,
^* To free us from the enemy ;
^h From Hell's infernal pit to save,
ⁱ And give us victory o'er the grave.
        Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
        Shall be born for thee, O Israel !

3. ^k Draw nigh, Thou Orient, Who shalt cheer
^l And comfort by Thine Advent here,
^m And banish far the brooding gloom
Of sinful night and endless doom.
        Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
        Shall be born for thee, O Israel !

4. ⁿ Draw nigh, draw nigh, O David's Key,
^o The Heavenly Gate will ope to Thee ;
^p Make safe the way that leads on high,
^q And close the path to misery.
        Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
        Shall be born for thee, O Israel !

5. ^r Draw nigh, draw nigh, O Lord of Might,
^s Who to Thy tribes from Sinai's height
In ancient time didst give the law,
^t In cloud, and majesty, and awe.
        Rejoice ! Rejoice I Emmanuel
        Shall be born for thee, O Israel !

Notes from The Words of the Hymnal Noted Complete With Scriptural References (London: J. A. Novello and J. Masters, no date, circa 1855), pp. 33-34.

a. Psalm lxxx. 2. Philip. iv. 5. Return

b. Psalm cxxvi. 5. Hos. xiii. 14. Psalm cxxx. 8. Return

c. 1 S. Pet. ii. 11. Heb. xi. 13. Return

d. Tit. ii. 13. Psalm cvii. 14. Return

e. Philip. iv. 4. Return

f. Eccles. iii. 2. Isaiah ix. 6. Return

g. Isaiah xi. 1. Zech. vi. 12. Psalm xxiii. 4. Ex. iv. 17. Jer. i. 11. Heb. ix. 4. Return

*. Isaiah xlii. 7. Return

h. Hos. xiii. 14. Zech. ix. 11. Isaiah li. 14. Return

i. 1 Cor. xv. 55. Return

k. Isaiah xli. 2. Zech. vi. 12. Ez. xliii. 2. Return

l. Isaiah lx. 1. 2 Tim. i. 10. Return

m. S. Luke i. 79. Isaiah ix. 2. Isaiah xlii. 16. Return

n. Rev. iii. 7. Isaiah xxii. 22. Job xii. 14. Return

o. S. Luke xxiii. 43. Psalm xxiv. 9. Return

p. Isaiah xxxv. 8. Psalm lxxviii. 53. Prov. iii. 23. S. John xiv. 6. Return

q. Prov. xli. 28. Return

r. Isaiah ix. 6. Return

s. Ex. xix. 18. Psalm lxviii. 17. Return

t. Heb. xii. 18, 19. Return

Editor's Note:

Also see Scriptural Bases of O Antiphons.

Sheet Music from John Mason Neale and Thomas Helmore, eds.,
"Veni, Veni Emmanuel," #65 (or 30), p. 131
The Hymnal Noted - Part II. London: Novello, 1856.

Ed. Note: The words in this edition are identical, and correspond exactly with the lyrics reproduced from the Second and Third Editions of Medieval Hymns and Sequences. (London: Joseph Masters), pp. 171-2.

Second Edition, 1863		Third Edition, 1867

There is this note from the gentle Dr. Neale at the bottom of the second page:

"Corrected from the first Edition [of Medieval Hymns] for the Hymnal Noted; and thence copied, with alterations, in the Hymns Ancient and Modern, and elsewhere."

Note: These lyrics would be reproduced in Medieval Hymns, Second Edition, 1863, and Third Edition of 1867.

Note from Neale:

This Advent Hymn is little more than a versification of some of the Christmas antiphons commonly called the O's.

See: Notes on the 'O' Antiphons and Veni, Emmanuel.

Sheet Music from Thomas Helmore, Accompanying Harmonies to the Hymnal Noted. Part I (London: Novello, Ewer and Co., and Masters and Son, 1852), Part II (London: Novello and Co., Joseph Masters and J. T. Hayes, 1858), #65, Veni, Veni Emmanuel.

The Greater Antiphons, Hymnal Noted - Parts I and II (1856), pp. 207-209.

Musical Scores to "The Greater Antiphons" from Helmore, Accompanying Harmonies to the Hymnal Noted, Part II (1858), pp. 348-354.

Editor's Notes:

In his introduction to the section that contains this hymn, Neale notes that the origin of this (and the other seven hymns in the section) may "be referred to about the same date; namely, the thirteenth century." In the table of contents, however, he notes that these hymns are "Apparently of the Twelfth Century."

Hymns Ancient and Modern (London: Novello, 1867)

Also found in George Radcliffe Woodward, ed., Songs of Syon (London: Schott & Co., Third Edition, 1908), #8, with attribution to Neale, alt. Woodward gives the last two lines of each verse as:

Rejoice, rejoice, Immanuel
Is born for thee, O Israel.

Also found in Arthur Henry Brown, ed., The Altar Hymnal (London: Griffith, Farrar, Okeden & Welsh, 1885), p. 15, who provides the correct chorus:

Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel
Shall be born for thee, O Israel!

This hymnal provides two tunes: “Veni Emmanuel” (Ancient Plain Song; harmony by W. H. Monk) and “Bayham Abbey” (composed by Arthur H. Brown):

Also found in Rev. Benjamin Webb and Rev. William Cooke, The Hymnary (London: Novello, Ewer and Co., 1872), #103, pp. 83-84, with tunes "Ephretah" by W. J. Gauntlett ("Tune 1") and "Veni Emmanuel" by Charles Gounod ("Tune 2"):

Sheet Music to "Veni Emmanuel" by Charles F. Gounod, 1872, from The Hymnal (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Church, 1896), No. 166.

Sheet Music to "Hope" by William H. Squires, The Hymnal (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Church, 1896), No. 490.

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