Author:		German Carol, 15th C. Trans. Theodore Baker, 1851-1934
Musician:		Geistliche Kirchengesang, -1599 Har. By M. Praetorius, 1571-1621

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Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
From tender stem has sprung,
Of Jesse's lineage coming
As men of old have sung.
It came a flow'ret bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.

Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The rose I had in mind;
With Mary we behold it,
The Virgin mother kind.
To show God's love aright
She bore to men a Saviour,
When half spent was the night.