There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bare Jesu There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bare Jesu For in this rose contained it was Heaven and earth in little space Alleluia There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bare Jesu By that rose we may well see That He is God in persons three Alleluia There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bare Jesu The angels sung and the shepherds, too Gloria in excelsis Deo Alleluia There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bare Jesu