{"slug": "lo-how-a-rose-e-er-blooming", "title": "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming", "first_line": "Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming", "author_source": "German, 15th century", "translator": "theodore-baker", "translator_date": "1894", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Advent", "Christmas", "Jesus Christ, Birth of", "Mary"], "scripture": ["Isaiah 11:1", "Song of Solomon 2:1"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "baker-1894", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "15th c. German, tr. Theodore Baker 1894 (vv.1-2); F. Layriz tr. H. R. Krauth 1875 (vv.3-4); tr. J. C. Mattes 1914 (v.5). All pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "lo_how_a_rose_eer_blooming", "total_instances": 118}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Lo, how a Rose e'er bloom -- ing from ten -- der stem hath sprung! Of Jes -- se's lin -- eage com -- ing, as men of old have sung. It came, a flow'r -- et bright, a -- mid the cold of win -- ter, When half spent was the night.", "prose": ["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."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Is -- ai -- ah 'twas fore -- told it, the Rose I have in mind; With Mar -- y we be -- hold it, the vir -- gin moth -- er kind. To show God's love a -- right, she bore to men a Sav -- ior, When half spent was the night.", "prose": ["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 Savior,", "When half spent was the night."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The shep -- herds heard the sto -- ry pro -- claimed by an -- gels bright, How Christ, the Lord of glor -- y was born on earth this night. To Beth -- le -- hem they sped and in the man -- ger found Him, As an -- gel her -- alds said.", "prose": ["The shepherds heard the story", "proclaimed by angels bright,", "How Christ, the Lord of glory", "was born on earth this night.", "To Bethlehem they sped", "and in the manger found Him,", "As angel heralds said."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "This Flow'r, whose fra -- grance ten -- der with sweet -- ness fills the air, Dis -- pels with glor -- ious splen -- dor the dark -- ness ev -- ery -- where; True Man, yet ver -- y God, from sin and death He saves us, And light -- ens ev -- 'ry load.", "prose": ["This Flow'r, 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 ev'ry load."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O Sav -- ior, Child of Ma -- ry, who felt our hu -- man woe, O Sav -- ior, King of glo -- ry, who dost our weak -- ness know; Bring us at length we pray, to the bright courts of Heav -- en, And to the end -- less day!", "prose": ["O Savior, Child of Mary,", "who felt our human woe,", "O Savior, King of glory,", "who dost our weakness know;", "Bring us at length we pray,", "to the bright courts of Heaven,", "And to the endless day!"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}