Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,
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Which is my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run,
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And do run still: though still I do deplore?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
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For I have more.
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won
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Others to sin? And, made my sin their door?
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun
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A year, or two, but wallowed in a score?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
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For I have more.
I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun
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My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;
But swear by thy self, that at my death thy son
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Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore;
And having done that, thou hast done,
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I fear no more.