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 flow'ret 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 men a Saviour, 
When half spent was the night. 

This flower, whose fragrance tender 
With sweetness fills the air, 
Dispels with glorious splendor 
The darkness everywhere. 

True man, yet very God, 
From sin and death He saves us 
And lightens every load.

Song by 
The Cambridge Singers