Holy Sonnet Ii: As Due By Many Titles I Resign Poem by John Donne

Holy Sonnet Ii: As Due By Many Titles I Resign

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As due by many titles I resign
My self 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,
Oh I shall soon despair, when I do see
That thou lov'st mankind well, yet wilt not choose me,
And Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me.

Monday, January 13, 2003
Topic(s) of this poem: despair,sonnet
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jason Rachels 19 May 2007

Someone tell me what he means by the phrase 'yet wilt not choose me.'

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John Donne

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