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Author: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934; Friedrich Layritz, 1808-1859; Harriet Reynolds Krauth, 185-1925 Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 101 hymnals Topics: Advent Season Lyrics: 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,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness ev'rywhere.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death he saves us,
And lightens ev'ry load.
Scripture: Isaiah 11:1 Used With Tune: ES IST EIN' ROS' ENSTSPRUNGEN Text Sources: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; Speyer Gesangbuch, 1599
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming