Text: | In the bleak midwinter |
Author: | Christina Rossetti, 1830-94 |
Tune: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 |
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, heaven cannot hold him
Nor earth sustain;
Heaven 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 Enough for him, whom Cherubim
Worship night and day,
A breastful of milk,
And a mangerful of hay:
Enough for him, whom angels
Fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel
Which adore.
4 Angels and archangels
May have gathered there,
Cherubim and Seraphim
Thronged the air
But only his mother
In her maiden bliss
Worshipped the Beloved
With a kiss.
5 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 |
Author: | Christina Rossetti, 1830-94 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | F MAjor |