In the Bleak Midwinter

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone

Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor earth sustain Heaven and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign Snow had fallen, snow on snow, on snow In the bleak midwinter, long ago

Angels and archangels may have gathered there Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air But only his mother in her maiden bliss Worshiped the beloved with a kiss

In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ