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Text: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830-1894 |
Tune: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter, long ago.
2 Heaven cannot hold him, nor earth sustain;
heav'n and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign;
in the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
the Lord God almighty, Jesus Christ.
3 What can I give him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb;
if I were a wise man I would do my part;
yet what I can I give him - give my heart.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | In the bleak midwinter |
Title: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830-1894 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Christmas; Offering |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | F Major |