HOLY SONNETS: Since she whom I lov'd hath paid her last debt

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



Since she whom I lov'd hath paid her last debt
     To nature, and to hers, and my good is dead,
     And her soul early into heaven ravished,
     Wholly in heavenly things my mind is set.
     Here the admiring her my mind did whet
     To seek thee, God; so streams do show the head;
     But though I have found thee, and thou my thirst hast fed,
     A holy thirsty dropsy melts me yet.
     But why should I beg more love, whenas thou
   Dost woo my soul, for hers off'ring all thine,
   And dost not only fear lest I allow
   My love to saints and angels, things divine,
   But in thy tender jealousy dost doubt
   Lest the world, flesh, yea devil put thee out.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Scheme ABAAABBACDCDEE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 663
Words 124
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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