In the bleak Midwinter
A Literary Christmas*
In the bleak Midwinter ist ein englisches Weihnachtsgedicht (Christmas Poem) von Christina Rossetti. Sie schrieb das Gedicht vor 1872, veröffentlicht wurde es posthum 1904.
Das Gedicht wurde mehrfach vertont, siehe In the bleak Midwinter (Weihnachtslied).
Christina Rossetti (1830 bis 1894) war eine viktorianische Dichterin, die für Gedichte wie 'Goblin Market' und 'Remember' bekannt ist. Sie war die Schwester von Dante Gabriel Rossetti, der die Präraffaeliten anführte.
Text: In the bleak Midwinter
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, 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 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.
In the bleak Midwinter lesen
- A Literary Christmas: Weihnachtsgedichte und Weihnachtsgeschichten von Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, Nancy Mitford etc.
Tipps
- A Literary Christmas: Weihnachtsgedichte und Weihnachtsgeschichten von Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, Nancy Mitford etc.
- A Christmas Carol von Christina Rossetti
- Love came down at Christmas von Christina Rossetti
Tags: Weihnachtsgedichte | Weihnachtsbücher