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So Giebst Du Nun

Wilt thou forgive that sin, where I begun

141

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

10 10. 10 10. 84

Modality

A♭ Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

John Donne [1573-1631]

Harmonizer

Johann Sebastian Bach [1685-1750]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Mar 23, 2025 10:30 as the Communion Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Mar 10, 2024 10:30 as the Communion Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 26, 2023 10:30 as the Choral Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Mar 13, 2022 10:30 as the Choral Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Mar 05, 2017 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Three verses)

Wilt thou forgive that sin, where I begun,
which is my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt thou forgive those sins through which I run,
and do run still, though still I do deplore?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
for I have more.

Wilt thou forgive that sin, by which I won
others to sin, and made my sin their door?
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun
a year or two, but wallowed in a score?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
for I have more.

I have a sin of fear that when I've spun
my last thread, I shall perish on the shore;
swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son
shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore.
And having done that, thou hast done,
I fear no more.