106. 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 those of old have sung.
It came, a floweret 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 men a Savior,
when half spent was the night.

Text Information
First Line: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
Title: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Author: Theodore Baker (1894)
Meter: 76 76 676
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: Advent and Nativity
Source: German 15th cent.
Tune Information
Name: ES IST EIN ROS
Harmonizer: Michael Praetorius
Meter: 76 76 676
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesang, 1599



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