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Cranham/"In the bleak midwinter"

Komponist: Gustav Theodore Holst, 1874 - 1934, (brit.); Dichterin: Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830 - 1894

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1. In the bleak mid winter,
   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 mid winter,
   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 mid-winter
   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,
   Worshipped 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 give Him -
   Give my heart.

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