John Donne (1572-1631). From A Hymn to God the Father. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

From A Hymn to God the Father

John Donne (1572–1631)


WILT 1 thou forgive that sin where I begun,
Which was my sin, tho’ it were done before?
Wilt thou forgive that sin thro’ which I run,
And do run still, tho’ I do still deplore?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done;	5
For I have more …

Note 1. Donne. First stanza of A hymn to God the Father in ‘Divine Poems’. Spelling modernised. [back]