| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of King James the First. 1847. | | | | A Hymne to God the Father | | II. John Donne |
| | | WILT thou forgive that sinne where I begunne, | |
| Which was my sinne, though it were done before? | |
| Wilt thou forgive that sinne, through which I runne, | |
| And do runne still, thou still I do deplore? | |
| When thou hast done, thou hast not done, | 5 |
| For I have more. | |
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| Wilt thou forgive that sinne which I have woune | |
| Others to sinne? and made my sinne their doore? | |
| Wilt thou forgive that sinne which I did shunne | |
| A yeare or two, but wallowed in a score? | 10 |
| When thou hast done, thou hast not done, | |
| For I have more. | |
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| I have a sinne of feare, that when I have spunne | |
| My last thred I shall perish on the shore: | |
| But sweare by thyselfe that at my death thy sonne | 15 |
| Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore; | |
| And having done that, thou hast done— | |
| I feare no more. | | | | |
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