A Hymn To God The Father

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A Hymn To God The Father by John Donne

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This is one of Donne’s most famous and popular religious poems. It is entitled ‘Hymn’, but it is not one of praise. Instead it is nearer to a debate with God in which Donne faces what we would now call his inner demons.

It is a relatively straightforward poem to understand, unlike his more complex...

A Hymn To God The Father Annotated

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 wallow'd 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;
But 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.

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