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
Christina Rossetti
“In the Bleak Midwinter” was originally a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, but became a Christmas carol in 1906. It’s one of my favourite carols, but the first verse is also a wonderful piece of winter poetry. And very apt for today’s view – bleak and snowy!
I love this poem and carol too!! WE were totally green and now we just had another foot overnight Sunday into Monday and we are waiting for the next storm that is on its way with another foot…
How wonderful – hope your cupboards are well-stocked!
Still looks lovely! We’ve had a good bit of snow in the last week, but it’s forecast to get milder by the weekend – must admit I’m looking forward to seeing some green again.
It’s nice when it’s white, and fresh, but when it turns icy or slushy I will also look forward to green again!
I like the poem and the picture! The snow really accentuates your beautiful land. No snow here but will be very cold for a couple of days.
The snow has clung to the trees as we have not seen the sun for days… a frosty sunny day would also be nice!
Beautiful and pristine snow and what a lovely poem and can see how it would make a good carol. The rare times we do have snow, it gets trampled on, so it is nice to see the white stuff intact.
Our garden was looking pretty “trampled” but then it snowed on top of it again yesterday!
Thank you so much for very a beautiful picture
Glad you like it!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr – definitely a mid winter scene, which also brings to my mind Hardy’s words :
“Every branch big with it,
Bent every twig with it”.
Just how deep is that snow Cathy?
Very apt! I suppose it’s well over a foot now, as we had more yesterday!
My favourite carol! I heard it set to new music over Christmas – it makes me cry every time!
We have had snow on the ground for over a week – it rained today for a change today, but it made little difference to the snow or our snowman.
We had a couple of “milder” days (0°C) but now it’s forecast to freeze again…
Lovely picture Cathy! I wonder if it’ll be still a snowy picture next tuesday?
It’s been melting all day today, so not sure…
Very apt. I’m starting to get jealous about the snow all over Europe, all we are getting is very heavy rain.
Do you often get snow? Ours is melting today, but the north of Germany is still icy cold.
We don’t get much snow here and it doesn’t lie long because we are near the sea. Last year was an exception so it was fun to see the place snow-covered for a few days,
This is one of my favourite carols, along with “It came upon a midnight clear”. I never realised it was a poem first though!
I believe quite a few of our hymns and carols were poems before someone put them to music!
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I also love the Christmas Carol…in particular the version sung by James Taylor. I didn’t know the poem!
Lovely!
I don’t know that version – must look it up! Thanks!