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SONNET by EDWARD HERBERT

First Line: LORD, THUS I SIN, REPENT, AND SIN AGAIN
Last Line: WHILST I DO TALK WITH MY CREATOR THUS.
Subject(s): LOVE - LOSS OF;
LORD, thus I sin, repent, and sin again,
As if repentance only were in me
Leave for new sin; thus do I entertain
My short time and thy grace abusing thee

And thy long-suffering, which, though it be
Ne'er overcome by sin, yet were in vain
If tempted oft: thus we our errors see
Before our punishment, and so remain
Without excuse; and, Lord, in them 'tis true
Thy laws are just; but why dost thou distrain
Aught else for life save life? That is thy due,
The rest thou mak'st us owe, and mayst to us
As well forgive---but oh! my sins renew,
Whilst I do talk with my Creator thus.



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