Friday, January 3, 2003

Holy Sonnet Xiv: Batter My Heart Comments

Rating: 2.9

Batter my heart, three-personed God; for You
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me,'and bend
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
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John Donne
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Ruth Summersides 04 November 2015

Oh what a wonderful, passionate poem about a man, who is struggling to overcome his so called, to strive to be godly and not so mortal.

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