Of a Rose, a lovely Rose
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great honour:
That blest Marie should bear the flow'r;
There came an angel from heaven's tower
To break the devil's bond.
The second branch was great of might,
That sprang upon Christmas night;
The star shone over Bethlem bright,
That man should see it both day and night.
Of a Rose, a lovely Rose,
Of a Rose is all my song.
The third branch did spring and spread;
Three kinges then the branch gan led
Unto Our Lady in her child-bed;
Into Bethlem that branch sprang right.
The fourth branch it sprang to hell,
The devil's power for to fell:
That no soul therein should dwell,
The branch so blessedfully sprang
The fifth branch it was so sweet
It sprang to heav'n, both crop and root,
Therein to dwell and be our bote:
So blessedly it sprang.
Of a Rose, a lovely Rose,
Of a Rose, a lovely Rose.
Pray we to her with great honour,
She that bare the blessed flow'r,
To be our help and our succour,
And shield us from the fiendes bond.