Hymn to God the Father (Arr. Britten for High Voice & Piano)

Wilt thou forgive that Sin, where I began, which was my Sin tho’ it were done before?

Wilt thou forgive that Sin, through which I run, and do run still, tho’ still I do deplore?

When thou hast done, thou hast not done, for I have more.

Wilt thou forgive that Sin, by which I’ve won others to sin, and made my Sin their dore?

Wilt thou forgive that Sin, which I did shun a year or two, yet wallow’d 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;

But swear by thyself that at my Death, thy Sun shall shine, as he shines now and heretofore,

And having done that, thou hast done. I fear no more.