Gather Comprehensive ‎#368

368. 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.

3 O Flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispel in glorious splendor
The darkness ev'rywhere;
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death now save us,
And share our ev'ry load.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
• Title: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
• German Title: Es ist ein 'Ros' entsprunger
• Translator (st. 1-2): Theodore Baker, 1851-1934
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 7 6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1994
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 11:1
  ;
  Isaiah 35:1
  ;
  Luke 2:7
• Topic: Seasons and Feasts: Advent
• Source: The Hymnal, 1940 (st. 3); Speier Gesangbuch, 1599

Tune Information

• Name: ES IST EIN' ROS' ENSTSPRUNGEN
• Harmonizer: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 7 6
• Key: F Major
• Source: Geistliche Kirchengesang, Cologne, 1599