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| Text: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
| Author: | Christina G. 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 Our God transcends all heaven, earth, and its domain;
heaven and earth shall flee away when Christ comes to reign;
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
the sovereign God almighty, Jesus Christ.
3 Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
cherubim and seraphim thronged the midnight air;
But his mother only, in her maiden bliss,
worshiped the beloved with a kiss.
4 What can I offer, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb.
If I were a wise one, I would do my part;
but what I can I offer: all my heart.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | In the bleak midwinter |
| Title: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
| Author: | Christina G. Rossetti (1872, alt.) |
| Meter: | Irr. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1995 |
| Topic: | Christmas; Jesus Christ: Birth and Infancy |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CRANHAM |
| Composer: | Gustav Holst (1906) |
| Meter: | Irr. |
| Key: | F Major |
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