See Amid the Winter's Snow

The words

1. Brasenose

   Caswall’s college at Oxford.

   Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology (opens a new tab)

2. Cherubim

   The angels among whom the carol says the child sits enthroned.

   Caswall, The Masque of Mary (opens a new tab)

3. Edgbaston

   The Birmingham district where the Oratory stood and Caswall died.

   Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology (opens a new tab)

4. Edward Caswall

   The priest-poet who wrote the carol.

   Moffatt, Handbook to the Church Hymnary (opens a new tab)

5. Humility

   Goss’s tune for the carol, first printed in 1870.

   Moffatt, Handbook to the Church Hymnary (opens a new tab) · Caswall, The Masque of Mary (opens a new tab)

6. John Goss

   The composer of the carol’s tune, Humility.

   Moffatt, Handbook to the Church Hymnary (opens a new tab) · Cowan and Love, The Music of the Church (opens a new tab)

7. Lamb

   The image of the newborn child in the carol’s first verse.

   Caswall, The Masque of Mary (opens a new tab)

8. Masque of Mary

   Caswall’s 1858 book in which the carol first appeared.

   Moffatt, Handbook to the Church Hymnary (opens a new tab)

9. Newman

   Dr John Henry Newman, whom Caswall joined at the Oratory.

   Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology (opens a new tab)

10. Oratory

    The Birmingham community of priests where Caswall wrote his hymns.

    Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology (opens a new tab)

11. Sacred Infant

    The carol’s name for the child in its fifth verse.

    Caswall, The Masque of Mary (opens a new tab)

12. Salisbury

    The cathedral city near Caswall’s first parish.

    Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology (opens a new tab)

13. Sheep

    What the shepherds in the carol have left on the hillside.

    Caswall, The Masque of Mary (opens a new tab)

14. Snow

    The winter’s snow of the carol’s first line.

    Caswall, The Masque of Mary (opens a new tab)

15. Starry Skies

    What the carol says the child in the manger built.

    Caswall, The Masque of Mary (opens a new tab)