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(c) SOME OF DR DONNE'S VERSES 



Fear Cast Out 



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, 

 For I have more. 



Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won 

 Others to sin and made my sins 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. 



I have a sin of fear that, when I've spun 

 My last thread, I shall perish on the shore ; 

 But swear by Thyself, 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, 



^Yo^e, — This lovely hymn, Walton tells us, Donne caused to be 

 set to a most grave and solemn tune, and to be often sung to the 

 organ by the choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, in his own hearing. 



