English poem
Holy Sonnet XV: Wilt Thou Love God, As He Thee? Then Digest
by John Donne
Wilt thou love God, as he thee? Then digest, My soul, this wholesome meditation, How God the Spirit, by angels waited on In heaven, doth make his Temple in thy breast. The Father having begot a Son most blest, And still begetting, (for he ne'er be gone) Hath deigned to choose thee by adoption, Co-heir t' his glory, and Sabbath' endless rest. And as a robbed man, which by search doth find His stol'n stuff sold, must lose or buy 't again: The Son of glory came down, and was slain, Us whom he'd made, and Satan stol'n, to unbind. 'Twas much that man was made like God before, But, that God should be made like man, much more.
More by John Donne
- Holy Sonnet XI: Spit In My Face You Jews, And Pierce My Side
- Holy Sonnet XII: Why Are We By All Creatures Waited On?
- Holy Sonnet XIII: What If This Present Were The World's Last Night?
- Holy Sonnet XIX: Oh, To Vex Me, Contraries Meet In One
- Holy Sonnet XVI: Father, Part Of His Double Interest
- Holy Sonnet XVII: Since She Whom I Loved
- Holy Sonnet XVIII: Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear
- Holy Sonnets/Holy Sonnet 10