In the Bleak Midwinter

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1.	In the bleak midwinter, frost 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.

Words by:

Christina G. Rossetti
Music by:

Gustav Holst