A Hymn to God the Father

A Hymn to God the Father - by John Donne

 

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 wallowed 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;

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.