There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (2021)

Christmas anthem for SATB chorus and soloists (ATB) with organ accompaniment

There is no rose of such virtue
As is the rose that bare Jesu;
Alleluia.

For in this rose contained was
Heaven and earth in little space;
Res miranda. [thing of wonder]

By that rose we may well see
That He is God in persons three,
Pari forma. [equal in form]

The angels sungen the shepherds to:
Gloria in excelsis Deo:
Gaudeamus. [Let us rejoice]

Now leave we all this worldly mirth
And follow we this joyful birth;
Transeamus. [Let us go]

                             Anonymous, c. 1420