Faithful cross, above all others

Verse 1

Faithful cross, above all other: one and only noble tree! None in foliage, none in blossom, none in fruit thy peer may be: sweetest wood and sweetest iron, sweetest weight is hung on thee.

Verse 2

Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory! Thy relaxing sinews bend; for awhile the ancient rigor that thy birth bestowed, suspend; and the King of heavenly beauty gently on thine arms extend.

Verse 3

Praise and honor to the Father, praise and nonor to the Son, praise and honor to the Spirit, ever Three and ever One: one in might and one in glory while eternal ages run.

Verse 4

Crux fidelis inter omnes, arbor una nobilis: Nulla talem silva, profert, fronde, flore, germine; dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustinet.