Text: | In the bleak mid-winter |
Author: | Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) |
Tune: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | G. Holst (1874-1934) |
1 In the bleak mid-winter, 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 mid-winter long ago.
2 Heaven cannot hold him, nor the earth sustain;
heaven and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign:
in the bleak mid-winter a stable-place sufficed
God, the Lord almighty, Jesus Christ.
3 Enough for him whom cherubim worship night and day —
a breastful of milk and a manger full of hay;
enough for him whom angels fall down before —
the wise men and the shepherds who adore!
4 What can I give him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would give 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 mid-winter |
Author: | Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1987 |
Topic: | God's Church: Doxology, Glory to God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | G. Holst (1874-1934) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | F Major |