A Hymn to God the Father

"A Hymn to God the Father", also titled "To Christ", is a poem by English poet and clergyman John Donne.

[1] The poem was set to music by Pelham Humfrey in the 17th century and posthumously published in Harmonia Sacra, Book 1 (1688).

[2][3] His setting has been included in 10 hymnals, under such other titles as its opening line, "Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin, Where I Begun", but without always crediting him as composer, or Donne as the author of the words.

In the final stanza Donne accuses himself of the sin of fear that he will still be lost, unless God confirms His promise that His son will shine upon him at his death.

But in the third line, "thou hast don(n)e", he pledges his faith in the Divine Redeemer.