Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun, | |
Which was my sin, though it were done before? | |
Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run, | |
And do run still, though still I do deplore? | |
When thou hast done, thou hast not done, | 5 |
For I have more. | |
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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 wallow'd in, a score? | 10 |
When thou hast done, thou hast not done, | |
For I have more. | |
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I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun | |
My last thread, I shall perish on the shore; | |
But swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son | 15 |
Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore; | |
And, having done that, thou hast done; | |
I fear no more. | |