| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | Divine Poems
Holy Sonnets | | II. “As due by many titles I resign” |
| | | AS due by many titles I resign | |
| Myself to thee, O God. First I was made | |
| By Thee; and for Thee, and when I was decay’d | |
| Thy blood bought that, the which before was Thine. | |
| I am Thy son, made with Thyself to shine, | 5 |
| Thy servant, whose pains Thou hast still repaid, | |
| Thy sheep, Thine image, and—till I betray’d | |
| Myself—a temple of Thy Spirit divine. | |
| Why doth the devil then usurp on me? | |
| Why doth he steal, nay ravish, that’s Thy right? | 10 |
| Except Thou rise and for Thine own work fight, | |
| O! I shall soon despair, when I shall see 1 | |
| That Thou lovest mankind well, yet wilt not choose me, | |
| And Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me. | |
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