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Muse and Mint

Chapter 93: THE CROWN OF THORNS
By Walter Seymour Percy
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A varied collection of short lyrical poems that observes nature and rural life, using seasonal imagery—sap, snow, rivers, cherries—and simple domestic scenes to reflect on change, beauty, and small joys. Sections shift between fireside recollections, sentimental and philosophical meditations, homiletic and religious pieces, and light humor, blending devotional songlike verses with moral aphorisms and affectionate memory. The voice moves between wistful and buoyant moods, finding consolation and ethical insight in commonplace experiences, while concise stanzas and vivid images emphasize mood and moral reflection rather than a continuous narrative.

THE CROWN OF THORNS

O crown of thorns upon the brow
Of Him they nailed on Calvary,
The serpent’s coil and sting wert thou,
The seal of sin and agony.
Chorus
For where the grief and thought of us
The Savior’s brow had borne,
They put the MOCKERY of the Cross,
The crown of thorn, the crown of thorn.
O crown of thorns, whose suffering
The Savior for the world endured,
’Twas thus He healed the serpent’s sting,
The evil mind of nature cured.
Chorus
For where the grief and thought of us
The Savior’s brow had borne,
They put the SORROW of the Cross,
The crown of thorn, the crown of thorn.
O crown of thorns, whose wounds became
Redeeming scars of victory,
The glory where was once the shame—
The diadem of Heaven be!

Chorus
For where the grief and thought of us
The Savior’s brow had borne,
They put the TRIUMPH of the Cross,
The crown of thorn, the crown of thorn.