_Lead Us Not Into Temptation_

Thou but permits it, Lord, ‘tis we go on, And give our selves the Provocation; ‘Tis we, that prone to pleasures which invite, Seek all the Arts to heighten vain delight; But if without some Sin we cannot move, May mine proceed no higher than to love; And may thy vengeance be the less severe, Since thou hast made the object lov’d so fair.