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...THE GREAT CAROUSAL by LOUIS UNTERMEYER BALLADE MADE FOR HIS MOTHER THAT SHE MIGHTE PRAYE by FRANCOIS VILLON STREET LANTERNS by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE MILK FOR THE CAT by HAROLD MONRO TO A CHAMELEON by MARIANNE MOORE VENUS AND ADONIS by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |