| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 824. A Ballad of Trees and the Master |
| | | By Sidney Lanier |
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| 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; | 5 |
| The little gray leaves were kind to Him | |
| The thorn-tree had a mind to Him | |
| When into the woods He came. | |
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| Out of the woods my Master went, | |
| And He was well content. | 10 |
| Out of the woods my Master came, | |
| Content with death and shame. | |
| When Death and Shame would woo Him last, | |
| From under the trees they drew Him last: | |
| ’T was on a tree they slew Him—last, | 15 |
| When out of the woods He came. | |
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