Religion

Sonnet: If faithful souls be alike glorified

by John Donne 1572–1631

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

Religion

If faithful souls be alike glorified
As angels, then my father's soul doth see,
And adds this even to full felicity,
That valiantly I hell's wide mouth o'erstride;
But if our minds to these souls be descried
By circumstances and by signs that be
Apparent in us not immediately,
How shall my mind's white truth by them be tried?
They see idolatrous lovers weep and mourn,
And style blasphemous conjurors to call
On Jesus' name, and pharisaical
Dissemblers feign devotion. Then turn,
O pensive soul! to God, for he knows best
Thy grief, for he put it into my breast.

MLA

Donne, John. “Sonnet: If faithful souls be alike glorified.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/donne/169/.

Chicago

Donne, John. “Sonnet: If faithful souls be alike glorified.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/donne/169/.

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