Charles Jennens (1700 – 1773) was an English landowner and patron of the arts. As a friend of Handel, he helped author the libretti of several of his oratorios, most notably Messiah. Wikipedia
Poetry
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Miscellaneous Poetry
- Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow
- But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
- But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
- Come unto Him, All Ye That Labour
- Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
- He Was Despised and Rejected of Men
- How Beautiful Are the Feet – Their Sound Is Gone Out
- I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
- If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us
- O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
- O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
- Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
- The People That Walked in Darkness
- The Trumpet Shall Sound
- Thou Art Gone Up on High
- Thou Shalt Break Them
- Thou Shalt Bring Them In
- Unto Which of the Angels
- Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together
Complete Alphabetical Listing
- Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow
- But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
- But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
- Come unto Him, All Ye That Labour
- Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
- He Was Despised and Rejected of Men
- How Beautiful Are the Feet – Their Sound Is Gone Out
- I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
- If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us
- O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
- O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
- Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
- The People That Walked in Darkness
- The Trumpet Shall Sound
- Thou Art Gone Up on High
- Thou Shalt Break Them
- Thou Shalt Bring Them In
- Unto Which of the Angels
- Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together