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In The Bleak Midwinter

19th December 2022 OldTrout Arts, Christianity, Music, Philosophy 0
© Swiss Bob 2022

This is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, set to music first by Gustav Holst in 1906 and then by Harold Darke in 1911.

This is by Darke :


 

RIP Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd October 1957 – 3rd January 2022

© OldTrout \(2022\)
 

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