In the Bleak Midwinter
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w: Christina G. Rosetti, 1872
m: Gustav Holst, 1906
tune: Cranham
meter: Irr.

[Verse 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.

[Verse 2]
Our God, heav'n cannot hold him, nor earth sustain;
heav'n and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
the Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.

[Verse 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.

[Verse 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.