Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming ES IST EIN’ ROS—Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesang, Cologne, 1599 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming 1 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 halfspent was the night. 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 them a Savior, When halfspent was