Herself A Rose, Who Bore the Rose

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cramer, Benjamin Herself A Rose, Who Bore the Rose--SATB div.

Benjamin M. Cramer

Herself A Rose, Who Bore the Rose for SATB div. Choir

Herself a rose, who bore the Rose, She bore the Rose and felt its thorn.

All loveliness new-born Took on her bosom its repose, And slept and woke there night and morn.

Lily herself, she bore the one Fair Lily; sweeter, whiter, far Than she or others are: The Sun of Righteousness her Son, She was His morning star.

She gracious, He essential Grace, He was the Fountain, she the rill: Her goodness to fulfil And gladness, with proportioned pace He led her steps through good and ill.

Christ's mirror she of grace and love, Of beauty and of life and death: By hope and love and faith Transfigured to His likeness, 'Dove, Spouse, Sister, Mother,' Jesus saith. ~Christina Rossetti (d. 1894)

In loving memory of Panayiotis Lambrias, and his little rose, Maria Athena Lambrias

Herself a Rose, Who Bore the Rose for SATB div. Choir Christina Rossetti

Soprano

Benjamin M. Cramer

Tenderly q = c. 66        4 4     Her- self

Alto

 4   4    Her- self

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a

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Bass

a

a

   4    4 Her - self

for rehearsal only

 4   4  

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    4 4

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rose,









Rose,

she



Rose,



she





who bore the





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





 





who bore the



Rose,

she









rose,

rose,





rose,







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2

who bore the

who bore the

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3

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bore the Rose and

bore the Rose and

bore the Rose and

Rose,

she

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



 

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bore the Rose and

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 

  

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

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

    

 





felt its

thorn.

felt its

thorn.

felt its

thorn.

felt its

thorn.

    6

  

All

All

7



Herself a Rose, Who Bore the Rose

8





  

love - li - ness,

   



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love - li - ness,

      

Love - li - ness,

        

Love - li - ness,

   

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



 

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

 

 

new - born

  



new

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10

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4

on her

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and

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14



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fair

 

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on her

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she bore the

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  

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on her

took

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took on her

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born

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took

new

slept and woke there night and morn.

15

new - born

love - li - ness

slept and woke there night and morn.

  





slept and woke there night and morn.

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

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slept and woke there night and morn.

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15

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

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8

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



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19

she bore the

she bore the

she bore the

 

one

fair

Li - ly, sweet - er,

Li - ly, sweet - er,

Li - ly, sweet - er,

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20

21

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Herself a Rose, Who Bore the Rose

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23

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  

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she or oth - ers

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whit - er, far than

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         

are:

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

her

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



Sun



25

 

Sun

 

are:

24



Son,

 

   

Sun





was his morn - ing

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was his morn - ing

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

her

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Son,



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     

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her

31

Son,

32

 

She

 

33

was his morn - ing

was his morn - ing

34

5

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26



of

 

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Sun

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     

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are:

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she or oth - ers

23

31

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 



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 star.

 star.

 star.





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

 



35

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 

her

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    

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her

Son,

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   

 

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

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  

Right - eous - ness

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

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

star.

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

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of

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

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 

  

28

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

   

30

 

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   





He

   





   

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

   

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

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

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 

Son,



She gra - cious,

  

Son,



29

She gra - cious,

  

Son,

es - sen - tial

es - sen - tial

He

es - sen - tial

He

es - sen - tial



 



 37







  38

Herself a Rose, Who Bore the Rose

    

39

Grace,

   



Grace,

He



He

      Grace,

He

      Grace,

He

         

46  

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fil

was the Fount - ain,

was the Fount - ain,

was the Fount - ain,







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 





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





glad - ness



and

fil

and

 



46

 



glad - ness

 

 

   

 

  



she the

rill:

she the

rill:



  



 

 

  

42

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



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

















pace,

with pro - por - tioned

with pro - por - tioned

  

pace,





 

 

 

 

 

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  

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 

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with pro - por - tioned

48

6



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

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



He





  

-



  

-



    

ful - fil,

 



 

 





 



 





43

ful - fil,

ful - fil,

ful - fil,

  

  

Her



good - ness to



Her

44

good - ness to

good - ness to

good - ness to





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

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



 

 

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

led

led



led

49

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







   





  

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led

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

   

good - ness to





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good - ness to

 



   

good - ness to

 

pace

pace,



good - ness to



rill:

with pro - por - tioned

 



she the

 

Her

Her



glad - ness



rill:

41

and glad - ness

  



  







 

fil

she the



  

and





  

40

 

fil



was the Fount - ain,





     



39

      





her steps through





good and

her steps through good and

her steps through

her steps through

50

good and

good and

51



ill.

ill.

ill.

ill.

   

45

ful

ful

ful

ful

  



















   



52

-

-

Herself a Rose, Who Bore the Rose

     

53



she









love,

of

 



she

 







love,



of

 



 















Christ's mir - ror

     

Christ's mir - ror

     

Christ's mir - or

    

 

Christ's mir - ror

      













60   

             

 

 

      

 60



she



 



        



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  

faith, The

 



Glorious   

faith, The

    

of grace and



faith, The

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

Sun

Sun

 

     

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   

     







of



 







 

 

 





55

beau - ty and of

56



 

 



love.

 

 

     

 

of



beau - ty and of



Right - eous - ness

 

  



of

of



beau - ty and of

beau - ty and of

 



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

  

of



of

  

of grace and



love,

 



Sun

Sun

of grace and

of grace and

she

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faith, The





 

 

 

































 





 

2  4

her





Right - eous - ness



Son.



 2   4

 

 

 

Right - eous - ness



her



 

2  4

  

 

  



 

 



 



 

 

  

        

 

63

   

her

        

64

7

Son.

65



 















 

 



 





 

 

 

 

 

 

hope and love and

hope and love and

hope and love and

hope and love and

58

 

Right - eous - ness



life and death: by



Son.



life and death: by

57

Son.



life and death: by



her



life and death: by





59

Trans

4  4  

Trans

4  4   

Trans

4  4

2  4

   

4  4 

   



2 4  

   

4  4     



2   4 

4  4 





66

Trans

67

-

-

-

-

fig-ured to

 





His like - ness,

fig-ured to His







like - ness,





fig - ured to His like - ness,



 

fig - ured to His like - ness,

     

68



   

69

Herself a Rose, Who Bore the Rose

Prayerful    

70   

'Dove,

Spouse,

    



 





 

Sis - ter,



'Dove,



Spouse,

Sis - ter,

  







 











 





70

80  

      Je

-

    Je

    Je

    Je

sus

-



-



-

              

80

sus



sus

  

'Mo

   



  

ther,'

-

ther.'



 

  

  



Je



Je





saith,



Je



Je



 

 

81

  

  

82

-

-

Je

Je



 

 74

73

saith,



sus

 

  

Je

Je

 

 

saith,



ther,'

-



saith,

 



-

'Mo

72



ther,'

    





 



71

-

Mo

 





Mo



   sus

sus

-



-



sus

  

 









sus

saith,

-





sus



saith,

-







       

83

  

8





saith,







 

  

  

76

77

  Je

-

Je

-

sus

   

-

  Je

Je

   



Je





saith,



75



saith, Je



-

Je

saith, Je

sus

-

sus



sus





saith,

    

saith,





-

-

  

-



sus

saith,

-





sus



saith,

-

 

 





sus saith,



sus



saith,

       



  

 

78



sus



saith.













saith.







saith.



saith.

sus

sus











  

  

  

 

 

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85

86

87

79

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