Text: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina G. Rossetti |
Tune: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst |
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. 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. 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.
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First Line: | In the bleak midwinter, frosty winds made moan |
Title: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina G. Rossetti (1872) |
Meter: | Irr. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ's Gracious Life: Birth and Baptism; Christian Year: Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Holst (1906) |
Meter: | Irr. |
Key: | F Major |
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Audio recording: | Sample |