I Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt thou forgive that, through which I run, And do run still: though still I 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 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LWONESOMENESS by WILLIAM BARNES MARIA WENTWORTH by THOMAS CAREW EPIGRAM: 45. ON MY FIRST SON by BEN JONSON PLAYFORD; A DESCRIPTIVE FRAGMENT by BERNARD BARTON EPITAPH ON A CAT by JOACHIM DU BELLAY THE FOUR ZOAS: NIGHTS THE FIFTH AND SIXTH by WILLIAM BLAKE RESOLUTION OF A POETICAL QUESTION CONCERNING FOUR RURAL SISTERS: 3 by CHARLES COTTON |