William Hunnis

Short Name: William Hunnis
Full Name: Hunnis, William, -1597
Death Year: 1597

Hunnis, William, a gentleman of the Chapel Royal under Edward VI., and afterwards Master of the Children in the reign of Elizabeth. In addition to his Psalm versions of 1550 and 1555, he published A Handful of Honeysuckles and A Hive Full of Honey, being paraphrases of various portions of Holy Scripture. Some of his pieces are reprinted in E. Farr's Select Poetry chiefly Devotional of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth. (Parker Society.) [No. 11.] He died June 6, 1597.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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William Hunnis (died 6 June 1597) was an English Protestant poet, dramatist, and composer.
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Ah helpless wretch what shall I doWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
Attend, O Lord, and hearWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
Before thy face, and in thy sightWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
Behold, O God, the wretched stateWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
If I demand what mercy isWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
Like as the guilty prisoner standsWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
My soul, O God, doth now confessWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, be not long awayWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu Christ, in all things nowWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu Christ, that hast me madeWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu Christ, under whose powerWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, comfort mine exileWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu dear, do thou with meWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu dear, give me thy graceWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, grant I may resignWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, here in earth we liveWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, if thou do withdrawWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, king of glory greatWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, many times I prayWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu meek, grant that I mayWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu meek, O Jesu sweetWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu mild, thine ear bow downWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, oft it grieveth meWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, shut not up my soulWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu sweet, a little thingWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu sweet, for heavenly thingsWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu sweet, give me an heartWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu sweet, grant that thy graceWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu sweet, I know I amWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu sweet, with mercy nowWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, thou my glory artWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Jesu, who shall give me wingsWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Lord my God, I wandered haveWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
O Lord, this night who hast me keptWilliam Hunnis (Author)2
Thou, God, that rulest and reignst in lightWilliam Hunnis (Author)2

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