Text: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina Rossetti |
Tune: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst |
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 incarnate, Jesus Christ.
3 Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
but His mother only, in her maiden bliss,
worshiped the Beloved with a kiss.
4 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 Rossetti (1872, alt.) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2017 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Incarnation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst (1906, alt.) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | F Major |