Lyric Poem · Death & Loss

A Hymn To God The Father

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 have 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 Son

Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore;

And, having done that, thou hast done,

I fear no more.

This poem is in the public domain.

“A Hymn To God The Father” by John Donne — quilloak.com/poems/a-hymn-to-god-the-father

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