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Christina Rossetti wrote “In the Bleak Midwinter” for Scribner’s Monthly magazine in 1872. This poem was later set to music by Gustav Holst. Although historically, Jesus is thought to have been born in the month of May, the celebration of his birth was declared the 25th of December by the 4th century church to Christianize winter solstice pagan festivals. And in so doing, to add cheer to one of the bleakest times of the year.
lyrics
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
now had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, 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 midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
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.
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.
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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