Sufjan Stevens - Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming (2001) lyrics

Lo! How a rose e're blooming From tender stem hath sprung Of Jesse's lineage coming As those of old have sung It came, a flowerth bright Amid the cold of winter When half-spent was the night Isaiah twice foretold it The rose I have in mind And so then 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