Christina Georgina Rossetti (Londres, 5 de dezembro de 1830 - Londres, 29 de dezembro de 1894) foi uma poetisa inglesa de origem italiana, irmã do pintor Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti e Maria Francesca Rossetti.
O seu pai, Gabriele Rossetti, era um poeta italiano e refugiado político do Reino das Duas Sicílias, a sua mãe, Frances Polidori, era irmã de John William Polidori, amigo e médico de Byron.
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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,
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.
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