Monday, March 13, 2006

Contemplation of Sin during Lent



John Donne's A Hymn to God the Father





Wilt 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 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,


For I have more.


I have a sin of fear, that when I have 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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