A Hymn to God the Father

by John Donne

　　 Which is 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 by 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 thy self, 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.