LYRICS
| Meter: |
| | Writer(s): | Christina Georgina Rossetti
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| | Dates: | 1872
| | Bible Refs: | Lk 2:7; Rev 20:11
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 100
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 99
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 1008
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 62
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 162
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 122
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 55
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 337
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 42
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 67
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 107
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 600
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 150
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 326
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 248
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 137
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 28
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 65
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 36
| Sing Glory
| 1999
| 353
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 243
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 50
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 75
| STELBAP
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| 991
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 691
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 25
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 418
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 44
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 112
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 221
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MUSIC
Songs of Fellowship 1
| 243
| F
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 99
| F
| Hymns of Faith
| 150
| F
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 107
| F
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 137
| F
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| 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,
In the bleak midwinter, 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 midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
3. Enough for Him, Whom cherubim,
worship night and day,
Breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, Whom angels fall before,
The ox and ass and camel which adore.
4. 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.
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 I can I give Him: give my heart.
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