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#112 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
In the bleak midwinter
Tune
Cranham
Metric Index
Irr.
Key & Modality
F Major
Last five uses
January 4th, 2026 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
December 29th, 2024 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Sermon Hymn
January 1st, 2023 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Communion Hymn
December 24th, 2018 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Gradual Hymn
December 24th, 2016 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Communion Anthem
Poem Words (four verses)
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.
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 incarnate, Jesus Christ.
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.
3.
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.
cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
but his mother only, in her maiden bliss,
worshiped 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 I give him--give my heart.
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.
Hymn References
Author
Christina Rossetti 1830-1894
Composer
Gustav Theodore Holst 1874-1934
Publication Date
1985
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#294 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / In the bleak midwinter (F Major ) [click to view]
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