Howells 'A Spotless Rose'
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| Description: | the favourite Christmas-tide piece, called 'A Spotless Rose' |
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| Created: | 2009-01-13 15:44 | ||||||||
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| Collection: | Christ's College Chapel Choir | ||||||||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||||||
| Copyright: | Revd C M Woods | ||||||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||||||
| Keywords: | howells; | ||||||||
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Transcript
Transcript:
A Spotless Rose is growing,
Sprung from a tender root,
Of ancient seers' foreshowing,
Of Jesse promised fruit;
Its fairest bud unfolds to light
Amid the cold, cold winter,
And in the dark midnight.
The Rose which I am singing,
Whereof Isaiah said,
Is from its sweet root springing
In Mary, purest Maid;
Through God's great love and might
The Blessed Babe she bare us
In a cold, cold winter's night.
Sprung from a tender root,
Of ancient seers' foreshowing,
Of Jesse promised fruit;
Its fairest bud unfolds to light
Amid the cold, cold winter,
And in the dark midnight.
The Rose which I am singing,
Whereof Isaiah said,
Is from its sweet root springing
In Mary, purest Maid;
Through God's great love and might
The Blessed Babe she bare us
In a cold, cold winter's night.