This 1848 hymn was published by Matthew Bridges. Better known for writing Crown Him With Many Crowns, Bridges started out as an Anglican, became a clergyman in that tradition, and wrote an anti-Catholic book before converting after studying up on history, and being influenced by St. John Henry Newman. As St. John Henry said, “To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.”
Rose of the Cross! thou Mystic Flower I
lift my heart to thee, In every melancholy
hour, Mary, remember me!Let me but stand where thou hast stood Be-
side the crimson tree, And by the Water and the
blood, Mary, remember me!There let me wash my sinful soul And
be from sin set free, Drawn by thy love, by grace made
whole, Mary, remember me!Rose of the Cross! thou Mystic Flower I
lift my heart to thee, In every melancholy
hour, Mary, remember me!