Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
[Verse 1]
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
As those of old have sung
It came a flow'ret bright
Amid the cold of winter
When half-spent was the night
[Verse 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 (Oh)
[Verse 3]
O flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air
Dispels with glorious splendor
Thе darkness everywhеre
True man, yet very God
From endless death He saves us
And lightens every load
[Instrumental]
[Verse 1]
It came a flow'ret bright
Amid the cold of winter
When half-spent was the night
[Verse 4]
O Savior, child of Mary
Who felt our human woe
O Savior, King of glory
Who dost our weakness know
Bring us at length we pray
To the bright courts of heaven
And to the endless day (Ah)