A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER
by: John Donne (1573-1631)
- ILT Thou forgive that sin where
I begun,
- Which was my sin, though it were done before?
- Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run
- And do run still, though still I do deplore?
- When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done;
- For I have more.
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- Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won
- Others to sin, and made my sins their door?
- Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun
- A year or two, but wallow'd in, a score?
- When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done;
- For I have more.
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- I have a sin of fear, that when I've spun
- My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;
- But swear by Thyself, that at my death Thy Son
- Shall shine, as He shines now and heretofore:
- And having done that, Thou hast done;
- I fear no more.
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