Goldschmidt: A Tender Shoot Has Started up from a Root of Grace

A tender shoot hath started Up from a root of grace As ancient seers imparted From Jesse's holy race It blooms without a blight It blooms without a blight Blooms in the cold bleak winter Turning our darkness into light This shoot Isaiah taught us From Jesse's root should spring The Virgin Mary brought us The branch of which we sing Our God of endless might Our God of endless might Gave her this child to save us Thus turning darkness into light