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My Purchased Files| Text: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
| Author: | Christina Georgina Rossetti |
| Tune: | CRANHAM |
| Composer: | Gustav Theodor Holst |
55. In the Bleak Midwinter
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 breast full of milk, and a manger full of hay.
Enough for him, whom angels fall down before,
the ox and ass and camel which adore.
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 | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan |
| Title: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
| Author: | Christina Georgina Rossetti (ca. 1872) |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Topic: | The Christian Year: Christmas; Angels; Christian Year: Christmas (9 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CRANHAM |
| Composer: | Gustav Theodor Holst (1906) |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Key: | F Major |
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