10/1/2008 - In the bleak mid winter

And you will say to me "but it's not christmas" but what is a girl to do? if a poem comes you've gotta get that poem down. In the bleak mid winter was penned by Christina Geogina Rossetti [1830-94] I have retained her 1st and 4th stanzas and part of her 2nd.
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In the bleak mid winter
frosty wind makes moan
earth stood hard as iron
water as a stone
snow had fallen, snow on snow
snow on snow
in the bleak mid winter
long so long ago
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Lay Him in a manger
though He is Lord of all
poverty will teach Him
to hear us when we call
in the bleak mid winter
a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty
Jesus Christ
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I never would have known Him
though He was sent for me
if He had come in splendour
with might and majesty
this is heaven's wonder
that such a one as He
with love so warm and tender
should stoop so low for me
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What then 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?
give to Him my heart
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Oh that I could love Him
and show Him all His worth
but I am only human
a child of this earth
when He comes in glory
then my tongue shall tell
I will kneel before Him
in the angel swell
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Here is the carol as penned by Christina Georgina Rossetti sung beautifully by Corrinne May.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC9C5kHL884&feature=related