133. 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 men of old have sung.
It came, a flower 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.

3 O Flow'r, 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
Translator (sts. 1-2): Theodore Baker, 1851-1934
Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 2007
Scripture:
Topic: Christmas; Jesus Christ
Source: Speier Gesangbuch, 1599; Tr. st. 3: The Hymnal, 1940
Tune Information
Name: ES IST EIN' ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN
Arranger: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6
Key: F Major
Source: Geistleiche Kirchengesang, Cologen, 1599



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