Praetorius: Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming

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Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming
Melody publ. 1599
Harmony by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Olivia Sue Greene, Wendy Gilles, Chris Carter, Jeff Morrissey
Members of St. Bartholomew's Choir
Paolo Bordignon, Organist and Choirmaster

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.

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.

O flower whose fragrance tender
with sweetness fills the air,
dispel in glorious splendour
the darkness everywhere;
true man, yet very God,
from sin and death now save us,
and share our every load.