| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | Four Sonnets: II. “As due by many titles, I resign” | | By John Donne (1573–1631) |
| | | 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 decay’d, | |
| Thy blood bought that, the which before was Thine. | |
| I am Thy son, made with Thyself to shine; | 5 |
| Thy servant, whose pains Thou hast still repaid; | |
| Thy sheep, Thine image; and till I betray’d | |
| Myself, a temple of Thy Spirit Divine. | |
| Why doth the devil then usurp on me? | |
| Why doth he steal, nay, ravish that’s Thy right? | 10 |
| Except Thou rise and for Thine own work fight, | |
| Oh, I shall soon despair, when I shall see | |
| That Thou lov’st mankind well, yet wilt not choose me, | |
| And Satan hates me yet is loth to lose me. | | | | |
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