Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun, <br /> Which was my sin, though it were done before? <br /> Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run, <br /> And do run still, though still I do deplore? <br /> When thou hast done, thou hast not done, <br /> For I have more. <br /> <br /> Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won <br /> Others to sin, and made my sin their door? <br /> Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun <br /> A year or two, but wallow'd in, a score? <br /> When thou hast done, thou hast not done, <br /> For I have more. <br /> <br /> I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun <br /> My last thread, I shall perish on the shore; <br /> But swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son <br /> Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore; <br /> And, having done that, thou hast done; <br /> I fear no more.<br /><br />John Donne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-hymn-to-god-the-father/
