Lo How a Rose Eer Blooming

<br>Lo how a rose eer blooming<br><br>From tender stem hath sprung<br><br>Of jesses lineage coming<br><br>As seers of old have sung<br><br>It came a blossom bright<br><br>Amid the cold of winter<br><br>When half spent was the night<br><br><br><br>Isaiah twas foretold it<br><br>The rose I have in mind<br><br>With mary we behold it<br><br>The virgin mother kind<br><br>To show gods love a right<br><br>She bore to us a savior<br><br>When half spent was the night<br><br><br><br>O flower whose fragrance tender<br><br>With sweetness fills the air<br><br>Dispel in glorious splendor<br><br>The darkness everywhere<br><br>True man yet very god<br><br>From sin and death now save us<br><br>And share our every load