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Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916.

By A Lovely Rose Is Sprung

Anonymous (16th Century)

A LOVELY rose is sprung,

Out of a tender root,

As men of old have sung,

From Jesse’s stem a shoot.

And so a flower bright

Has bloomed in coldest winter

E’en in the deepest night.

The little rose I mean

Whereof Isaiah told,

Pure Mary, maid serene

Brought forth alone—behold:

Through God’s eternal might

A little child she bore us

E’en in the deepest night.