Batter my heart, three-person'd God
John Donne
1572 to 1631
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Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you
As yet knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend
Your force break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like usurp'd town to another due,
Labor to admit you, oh, to no end;
Reason, your viceroy in me, should defend,
But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov'd fain,
But am betroth'd unto your enemy;
Divorce me, untie break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.