Madonna - Christmas Eve

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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,

Not 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 manger full 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.

Christina Rosetti (1830-1894)