Batter my heart, three-person'd God
John Donne
1572 to 1631
Track 1
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Divorce me, untie or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue.
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you
I, like an usurp'd town to another due,
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend
Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov'd fain,
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
But am betroth'd unto your enemy;
Labor to admit you, but oh, to no end;
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