In the Bleak Midwinter

Verse

In the bleak mid win ter,

Our God, heaven can not hold him,
An gels and arch an gels
What can I give him, poor

frost y wind made moan, earth stood hard as i ron,

nor earth sus tain; heaven and earth shall flee a way
may have gath ered there, cher u bim and ser a
as I am? If I were a shep herd, I would

wa ter like a stone; snow had fal len, snow on snow,

when he comes to reign: in the bleak mid win ter
phim thronged the air; but his moth er on ly, in her
bring a lamb; if I were a wise man, I would do

My.Hymnary - In the Bleak Midwinter

Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Music (CRANHAM, Irregular): Gustav Theodore von Holst (1874-1934)
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snow on snow, in the bleak mid win ter,

a sta ble place suf ficed the Lord God in car nate,
maid en bliss, wor shiped the Be lov ed
my part; yet what I can I give him:

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long a go.
Je sus Christ.
with a kiss.
give my heart.

My.Hymnary - In the Bleak Midwinter

Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Music (CRANHAM, Irregular): Gustav Theodore von Holst (1874-1934)