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
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Isaiah 'twas foretold it
This 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
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This flower, with fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere
True man, yet fully God
From sin and death he saves us
And shares our every load