• Into the woods my Master went,
    Clean forspent, forspent.
    Into the woods my Master came,
    Forspent with love and shame.
    But the olives they were not blind to Him;
    The little gray leaves were kind to Him
    The thorn-tree had a mind to Him
    When into the woods He came.

    Out of the woods my Master went,
    And He was well content....

  • Into the woods my Master went,
    Clean forspent, forspent.
    Into the woods my Master came,
    Forspent with love and shame.
    But the olives they were not blind to Him;
    The little gray leaves were kind to Him;
    The thorn-tree had a mind to Him
    When into the woods He came.

    Out of the woods my Master went,
    And He was well content....

  • Into the woods my Master went,

          Clean forspent, forspent.

    Into the woods my Master came,

          Forspent with love and shame.

    But the olives they were not blind to Him,

    The little gray leaves were kind to Him:

    The thorn-tree had a mind to Him
    ...