Hear me, O God! <br /> A broken heart <br /> Is my best part. <br /> Use still thy rod, <br /> That I may prove <br /> Therein thy Love. <br /> <br /> If thou hadst not <br /> Been stern to me, <br /> But left me free, <br /> I had forgot <br /> Myself and thee. <br /> <br /> For sin's so sweet, <br /> As minds ill-bent <br /> Rarely repent, <br /> Until they meet <br /> Their punishment. <br /> <br /> Who more can crave <br /> Than thou hast done? <br /> That gav'st a Son, <br /> To free a slave, <br /> First made of nought; <br /> With all since bought. <br /> <br /> Sin, Death, and Hell <br /> His glorious name <br /> Quite overcame, <br /> Yet I rebel <br /> And slight the same. <br /> <br /> But I'll come in <br /> Before my loss <br /> Me farther toss, <br /> As sure to win <br /> Under His cross.<br /><br />Benjamin Jonson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-hymn-to-god-the-father-2/
