In The Bleak MidWinter

Words and music by Christina Georgina Rossetti · 1872

Key of F · 100 BPM · 4/4 · Angels,Christmas/Advent,Grace · Lv 26:18-19

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 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

Enough for Him, whom cherubim, worship night and day,
Breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay; Enough
ough for Him, whom angels fall down before,
Ox and ass and camel which adore.

Verse 4

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.

Verse 5

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 can I give Him: give my heart.

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