lo how a rose e'er blooming - mannheim steamroller lyrics

lo, how a rose e’er blooming
from tender stem hath sprung!
of jesse’s lineage coming,
as those of old have sung.
it came, a floweret 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.