In The Bleak Mid Winter

IN A BLEAK MIDWINTER

1) In a 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 a 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 a 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 the mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, Whom angels fall before,
The ox and **** 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 our beloved with a kiss.


5) Oh 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........I will give my heart.