Love

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by John Donne 1572–1631

Love

Father, part of his double interest
Unto thy kingdome, thy Sonne gives to mee,
His joynture in the knottie Trinitie,
Hee keepes, and gives to me his deaths conquest,
This Lambe, whose death, with life the world hath blest,
Was from the worlds beginning slaine, and he
Hath made two Wills, which with the Legacie
Of his and thy kingdome, doe thy Sonnes invest,
Yet such are these laws, that men argue yet
Whether a man those statutes can fulfill;
None doth, but thy all-healing grace and Spirit,
Revive againe what law and letter kill,
Thy lawes abridgement, and thy last command
Is all but love; Oh let this last Will stand!

MLA

Donne, John. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/donne/17/.

Chicago

Donne, John. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/donne/17/.

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