English poem
Holy Sonnet XVI: Father, Part Of His Double Interest
by John Donne
Father, part of his double interest Unto thy kingdom, thy Son gives to me, His jointure in the knotty Trinity He keeps, and gives to me his death's conquest. This Lamb, whose death with life the world hath blest, Was from the world's beginning slain, and he Hath made two Wills which with the Legacy Of his and thy kingdom do thy Sons invest. Yet such are thy laws that men argue yet Whether a man those statutes can fulfil; None doth; but all-healing grace and spirit Revive again what law and letter kill. Thy law's abridgement, and thy last command Is all but love; Oh let this last Will stand!
More by John Donne
- 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 XV: Wilt Thou Love God, As He Thee? Then Digest
- Holy Sonnet XVII: Since She Whom I Loved
- Holy Sonnet XVIII: Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear
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