In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind may 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, 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