Holy Sonnet 2 by John Donne - Read by Arthur L Wood

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Holy Sonnet 2, by John Donne.
As due by many titles, I resign myself to thee, O God.
First I was made by thee, and for thee, and when I was decayed, thy blood bought that
the which before was thine.
I am thy son, made with thy self to shine, thy servant, whose pains thou hast still repaid,
thy sheep, thine image, and till I betrayed my self, a temple of thy spirit divine.
Why doth the devil then usurp on me?
Why doth he steal?
Nay, ravish, that's thy right.
Except thou rise, and for thine own work fight, O, I shall soon despair, when I do see that
thou lovest mankind well.
Yet wilt not choose me, and Satan hates me, yet is loath to lose me.
