- Lyrics written by
- Christina Rossetti
- Publication date
- 1904
- Language
- English
- Comments
- The poem is stated to have been written sometime before 1872 to fulfill a request from "Scribner's Monthly" magazine for a Christmas poem. It remained unpublished until the posthumous "Poetic Works" in 1904. The poem has been set to music by numerous composers, with the most famous setting written by Gustav Holst. The song is part of "The English Hymnal", published in 1906.
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Adaptations
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In the Bleak Midwinter [Poem] written by Christina Rossetti English 1904
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In the Bleak Midwinter
written by Gustav Holst
English
1906
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- In the Bleak Midwinter written by Harold Darke English 1911
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In the Bleak Midwinter
written by Gustav Holst
English
1906