John Mason Neale was an English Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter. He worked on and wrote a wide range of holy Christian texts, including obscure medieval hymns, both Western and Eastern. Among
John Mason Neale
Portrait of John Mason Neale standing, from John Mason Neale letters 1910
"O come, O come, Emmanuel" is a Christian hymn for Advent, which is also often published in books of Christmas carols. The text, originally written in Latin, is a metrical paraphrase of the O Antiphon
John Mason Neale
…O Blest Creator of the Light" "O come, O come, Emmanuel" "Of the Father's Heart Begotten…
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
The hymn in the 1861 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern