The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8444

8444. Lo, A Fair Rose Ablooming

1 Lo, a fair Rose ablooming
From tender root hath sprung,
Of Jesse’s lineage coming,
As men aforetime sung;
It bears a Floweret bright,
While reigns the cold midwinter
And darkest is the night.

2 The little Rose I’m singing,
Whereof Isaiah spoke,
Mary to us is bringing,
A maid of humble folk;
By God’s eternal might
For us a Child she beareth,
While darkest is the night.

3 The Floweret is so lowly,
Whose fragrance none can tell,
With brightness strange and holy
Doth all our dark dispel;
True Man, true God is He;
From every ill He saveth;
God grant we saved may be!

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, a fair Rose ablooming
• Title: Lo, A Fair Rose Ablooming
• German Title: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
• Translator: Henry S. Coffin (1909)
• Translator: Ambrose W. Vernon (1919)
• Language: English
• Source: 15th century carol
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ES IST EIN ROS'
• Harmonizer: Michael Praetorius (1609)
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng, Cologne, 1599
• Copyright: Public Domain