by Sidney Lanier (1842 - 1881)
Into the woods my Master went
Language: English
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. 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: 'Twas on a tree they slew Him--last When out of the woods He came.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sidney Lanier (1842 - 1881), "A ballad of trees and the master", appears in Poems of Sidney Lanier, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carrie Belle Adams (1859 - 1940), "Into the woods my master went", published 1931 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Briel , "Into the woods my master went", published 1934 [ 4-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "A ballad of trees and the master", 1899, published 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1929 [ 4-part mixed chorus and piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Dupont-Hansen , "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1950 [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. W. Dyckman , "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1924 [ voice, piano, and violoncello obbligato ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Sylvester Fearis (1867 - 1932), "The trees", published 1927 [ mixed chorus and piano ], cantata [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Franko Goldman (1910 - 1980), "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1949 [ soprano, tenor, and SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ruth Redington Griswold , "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1921 [ medium voice, piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Janie A. Hamilton , "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1917 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marjorie Helyer , "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1954 [ chorus ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Frederick Wright James (1890 - 1975), "A ballad of trees and the master", op. 22 no. 2, published 1920 [ high voice or medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Frederick Wright James (1890 - 1975), "A ballad of trees and the master", op. 22 no. 1 [ SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sven Lekberg (1899 - 1984), "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1950 [ high voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Jane Lorenz (b. 1907), "The trees and the master", published 1959 [ SATB chorus and piano or organ ], anthem; note: based on a hymn tune by Peter C. Lutkin [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Christian Lutkin (1858 - 1931), no title, hymn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Alexander Matthews (1879 - 1973), "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1921 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], anthem [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Piersol McCaskey (1837 - 1935), "The trees and the master" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frances McCollin (1892 - 1960), "Into the woods my master went", published 1940 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter C. McCray , "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1933 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Borromeo Mills (1914 - 1982), "A ballad of trees and the master" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Balch Nevin (1859 - 1933), "Into the woods my master went", published 1926 [ SATB chorus and piano or organ ], anthem [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Balch Nevin (1859 - 1933), "Into the woods my master went", published 1928 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harold Noble (1903 - 1998), "Into the woods my master went", published c1922 [ SATB chorus and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kate Ockleston-Lippa , "Trees and the master", published 1934 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Janie Alexander Patterson , "A ballad of trees and the master" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "The trees and the master", published 1908 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "The trees and the master", published 1927 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], sacred song [sung text not yet checked]
- by Orvis Ross (1894 - 1979), "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1952 [ SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Sheldon , "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1959 [ medium voice or low voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Rowe Shelley (1858 - 1947), "Into the woods my master went", published 1940 [ voice, piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Shepherd (1880 - 1958), "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1935 [ SAATTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis W. Snow , "Into the woods my master went", published 1935 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruce Trinkley (b. 1945), "A ballad of trees and the master", from Sidney Lanier Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Urban , "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1886 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Into the woods my master went", published 1931 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Songs of Praise, hymn [sung text not yet checked]
- by David H. Williams (b. 1919), "Into the woods my master went" [ mixed chorus ], anthem [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Robert Wilson (1901 - 1968), "A ballad of trees and the master", published 1955 [ SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-02-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 104