{"slug": "in-the-bleak-midwinter", "title": "In The Bleak Midwinter", "first_line": "In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan", "author": "christina-rossetti", "author_date": "1906", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [11, 11, 10, 9], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": true}, "topics": ["Angels", "Calmness", "Christmas", "Advent", "Comfort"], "scripture": ["Luke 2:8-14", "Isaiah 9:1-6", "Genesis 11:9"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:59; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1906).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "in_the_bleak_midwinter", "total_instances": 101}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "In the bleak mid -- win -- ter, frost -- y wind made moan, Earth stood hard as i -- ron, wa -- ter like a stone; Snow had fall -- en, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak mid -- win -- ter, long a -- go.", "prose": ["In the bleak midwinter, 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 midwinter, long ago."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Our God, heav'n can -- not hold Him, nor earth sus -- tain; Heav'n and earth shall flee a -- way when He comes to reign: In the bleak mid -- win -- ter a sta -- ble place suf -- ficed The Lord God Al -- might -- y, Je -- sus Christ.", "prose": ["Our God, heav'n cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;", "Heav'n and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign:", "In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed", "The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "E -- nough for Him, whom cher -- u -- bim wor -- ship night and day, A breast -- ful of milk, and a man -- ger -- ful of hay; E -- nough for Him, whom an -- gels fall down be -- fore, The ox and ass and cam -- el which a -- dore.", "prose": ["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."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "An -- gels and arch -- an -- gels may have gath -- ered there, Cher -- u -- bim and ser -- a -- phim thronged the air; But on -- ly His moth -- er, in her maid -- en bliss, Wor -- shipped the Be -- lov -- ed with a kiss.", "prose": ["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."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shep -- herd, 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.", "prose": ["What 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 I can I give Him: give my heart."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}