3 Hymns For The English Hymnal: No. 1, In The Bleak Mid-Winter

In the bleak mid-winter
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 mid-winter
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 mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty
Jesus Christ

Enough for Him, whom cherubim
Worship night and day
A breastful of milk
And a mangerful of hay

Enough for Him whom angels
Fall down before
The ox and ass and camel
Which adore

Angels and archangels
May have gathered there
Cherubim and seraphim
Thronged the air

But only His mother
In her maiden bliss
Worshipped the Beloved
With a kiss

What can I give Him
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepard
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