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Text: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina G. Rossetti |
Tune: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Theodore 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, 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 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,
Worshipped 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 |
Title: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina G. Rossetti (c. 1872; alt.) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRANHAM |
Composer: | Gustav Theodore Holst (1906) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | F Major |
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Audio recording: | ![]() |