Religion

Sonnet: Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay

by John Donne 1572–1631

From Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, ed. George Gilfillan (1860)

Religion

Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay?
Repair me now, for now mine end doth haste;
I run to death, and death meets me as fast,
And all my pleasures are like yesterday.
I dare not move my dim eyes any way;
Despair behind, and death before, doth cast
Such terror, and my feeble flesh doth waste
By sin in it, which it towards hell doth weigh,
Only thou art above, and when towards thee
By thy leave I can look, I rise again;
But our old subtle foe so tempteth me,
That not one hour myself I can sustain:
Thy grace may wing me to prevent his art,
And thou, like adamant, draw mine iron heart.

MLA

Donne, John. “Sonnet: Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/donne/165/.

Chicago

Donne, John. “Sonnet: Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/donne/165/.

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