A Hymn to God the Father
John Donne
1572 to 1631
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Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,
was my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt forgive that sin, through which I run,
And run still, though still I do deplore?
When hast done, thou hast not done,
For I more.
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have
Others to sin, and made my sin 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,
I have more.
I have a sin of fear, when I have spun
My last thread, I perish on the shore;
But swear by thyself, that my death thy Son
Shall shine as he now, and heretofore;
And, having done that, thou done;
I fear no more.