RitualSong (2nd ed.) ‎#515

515. 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 This 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
• German Title: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
• Translator (sts. 1-2): Theodore Baker, 1851-1934
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 7 6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2016
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 11:1
• Topic: Advent; Christmas
• Source: Speyer Gesangbuch, 1599; Tr. st. 3: The Hymnal, 1940

Tune Information

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