Benjamin Nicholas, Oxford and The Girl Choristers of Merton College - In the Bleak Mid-Winter

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.
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.
Enough for Him, whom cherubim Worship night and day,
A breastful of milk
And a mangerful of hay Enough for Him, whom angels Fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel Which adore.
Angels and archangels
May have gathered there, Cherubim and seraphim Thronged the air
But only His mother
In her maiden bliss
Worshipped 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.

Written by:
GUSTAV HOLST, OSMAN BASHIRI

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