Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOLY SONNET: 2, by JOHN DONNE


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First Line: As due by many titles I resign
Last Line: And satan hates mee, yet is loth to lose mee.
Variant Title(s): Resignation And Despair;resignation To God;holy Sonnets: 1


As due by many titles I resigne
My selfe to thee, O God, first I was made
By thee, and for thee, and when I was decay'd
Thy blood bought that, the which before was thine;
I am thy sonne, made with thy selfe to shine,
Thy servant, whose paines thou hast still repaid,
Thy sheepe, thine Image, and, till I betray'd
My selfe, a temple of thy Spirit divine;
Why doth the devill then usurpe on mee?
Why doth he steale, nay ravish that's thy right?
Except thou rise and for thine owne worke fight,
Oh I shall soone despaire, when I doe see
That thou lov'st mankind well, yet wilt'not chuse me.
And Satan hates mee, yet is loth to lose mee.





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