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A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

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,
 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.