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In the bleak midwinter

112

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

Irr.

Modality

F Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Christina Rossetti [1830-1894]

Composer

Gustav Theodore Holst [1874-1934]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Dec 29, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 01, 2023 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 24, 2018 19:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 24, 2016 21:00 as the Communion Anthem at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Dec 24, 2016 17:30 as the Communion Anthem at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Four verses)

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.

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 incarnate, Jesus Christ.

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.

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.