Holly, Ivy And Rose

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse's lineage coming By ancient sibyls sung A rose doth bear a flower All in the cold midwinter And at the midnight hour And he waits for who to find The heart she left behind And he prays she'll find her way To be his bride someday Ivy Of all the trees in the wood Holly wants/woos the Rose Holly and the Ivy When they are both full grown Of all the trees in the wood Holly bears the crown Holly and the Ivy The running of the deer For his Rose to bloom Holly waits every year He waits for who to find The heart she left behind He prays she'll find her way To be his bride someday Ivy Of all the trees in the wood Holly wants/woos the Rose Holly and the Ivy When they are both full grown Of all the trees in the wood Holly bears the crown The holly and the Ivy The running of the deer For his Rose to bloom Holly waits every year For his Rose to bloom Holly waits every year Waits every year Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! The frozen air perfuming That tiny bloom doth swell Its rays the night illuming The darkness quite dispel O flower beyond compare Bloom in our heart's midwinter Restore the springtime here.