| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | Divine Poems
Holy Sonnets | | XVI. “Father, part of His double interest” |
| | | FATHER, part of His double interest | |
| Unto Thy kingdom Thy Son gives to me; | |
| His jointure in the knotty Trinity | |
| He keeps, and gives to me his death’s conquest. | |
| This Lamb, whose death with life the world hath blest, | 5 |
| Was from the world’s beginning slain, and He | |
| Hath made two wills, which with the legacy | |
| Of His and Thy kingdom do 1 thy sons invest. | |
| Yet such are these laws, that men argue yet | |
| Whether a man those statutes can fulfil. | 10 |
| None doth; but thy all-healing grace and Spirit | |
| Revive again what law and letter kill. | |
| Thy law’s abridgement, and Thy last command | |
| Is all but love; O let this last Will stand! | |
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