Friday, October 24, 2003

Just about Donne

A Hymn to God the Father
by John Donne
 
Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,
Which is 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 by which I've won
Others to sin? and made my sin their door?
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun
A year or two, but wallowed in a score?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
For I have more.


I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun
My last thread I shall perish on the shore;
Swear by thyself, that at my death thy sun
Shall shine as it shines now and heretofore;
And having done that, thou hast done,
I fear no more.
 



3 comments:

  1. Now you've Donne it.

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  2. If you haven't already, rent the movie 'Wit', a heartbreaking celebration, of sorts, of John Donne.

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  3. Opps, I pasted the wrong web address!

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