Can anyone tell me the name of the poem in which John Donne uses the words "done" and "more" as a play on his name and his wife's name? Thanks for any help!
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Can anyone tell me the name of the poem in which John Donne uses the words "done" and "more" as a play on his name and his wife's name? Thanks for any help!
I think you are after the following holy sonnet - A hymn to God the Father
i.
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.
ii.
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.
iii.
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.