81: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming


1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
from tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
as seers of old have sung.
It came, a blossom bright,
amid the cold of winter,
when half spent was the night.

2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
the Rose I have in mind,
with Mary we behold it,
the Virgin Mother kind.
To show God's love aright,
she bore to us a Savior,
when half spent was the night.

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Text information
First Line:Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
Translator:Theodore Baker, 1851-1934
Author (st. 3):Friedrich Layritz, 1808-1859
Translator:Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth, 1845-1925
Publication Date:1982
Meter:76. 76. 676
Topic:Christmas
Source:German, 15th cent. (st. 1-2)
Language:English
Copyright:St. 3 © The Church Pension Fund.
Tune information
Tune name:ES IST EIN ROS
Harmonizer:Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
Meter:76. 76. 676
Key:F Major
Source:Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1599 (melody)

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