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Beth DeSombre: Music

Hymn for Winter

(Beth DeSombre)
2016
Beth DeSombre
Hallelujah for this moment
Gather hope and banish fear
Sing hosanna for the season
And the turning of the year

In the bitter, dark December
When the mournful breezes bite
Kindle flame for hearth and candle
To illuminate the night
As the shadows grow
We exalt the light

Hallelujah for this moment
Gather hope and banish fear
Sing hosanna for the season
And the turning of the year

At this time across traditions
In the moonlight’s holy glow
All the mysteries we ponder
Draw on faith from long ago
Grant us strength to dream
When we cannot know

In this moment of redemption
Seeking fortitude within
Sing an anthem of beginning
What will be from what has been
With the grace to grow
And to start again

Hallelujah for this moment
Gather hope and banish fear
Sing hosanna for the season
And the turning of the year

Hallelujah for this moment
Gather hope and banish fear
Sing hosanna for the season
And the turning of the year


© Beth DeSombre