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.
       
      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.
       
      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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