Donne, John: Holy Sonnets II.
Holy Sonnets II. (English)As due by many titles I resign Myself to thee, O God. First I was made By Thee ; and for Thee, and when I was decay'd Thy blood bought that, the which before was Thine. I am Thy son, made with Thyself to shine, Thy servant, whose pains Thou hast still repaid, Thy sheep, Thine image, and—till I betray'd Myself—a temple of Thy Spirit divine. Why doth the devil then usurp on me ? Why doth he steal, nay ravish, that's Thy right ? Except Thou rise and for Thine own work fight, O ! I shall soon despair, when I shall see That Thou lovest mankind well, yet wilt not choose me, And Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me.
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