The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 7, Part 1: The Holy Sonnets

3. [O might those sighes] HSSighs

6 o might those sighes and teares returne againe Into my brest and eyes, which I haue spent That I might in this holy discontent Mourne with some fruite, as I haue mourn'd in vaine. In my Idolatry, what shoures of rayne 5 Mine eyes did wast? what greifs my hart did rent? That sufferance was my sinne, nowe I repent, Because I did suffer, I must suffer paine. Th' Hydroptique Drunkard, and night~scoutingeTheife The itchy Letcher, and selfe~ticklingproud 10 Haue the remembrance of past ioyes for releife Of comminge ills: to poore me is allow'd Noe ease, for longe, yet vehement greife hath byn Th' effect and cause, the punishment and sinne. Father, part of his double Interest Vnto thy kingdome, thy sonne giues to me; His ioynture in the knotty Trinity He keepes, and giues me his Death's conquest. This lambe, whose Death with life the world hath blest 5 Was from the worlds beginninge slayne, and he Hath made two Wills; he with the Legacy Of his and thy kingdome doth thy sonnes invest. Yet such are thy lawes, that men argue yet Whether a man those statuts can fullfill. 10 None doth: but thy all,healing grace and spirit Reviue and quicken, What lawe and letter kill. Thy lawes abridgement, and thy last command Is all but Loue, Oh let thy last will stand! TEXTS AND ApPARATUSES 6 3· o might those sighes and teares returne againe Into my brest and eyes, which I haue spent That I might in this holy discontent Mourne with some fruite, as I haue mourn'd in vaine. In my Idolatry, what shoures of rayne 5 Mine eyes did wast? what greifs my hart did rent? That sufferance was my sinne, nowe I repent, Because I did suffer, I must suffer paine. Th' Hydroptique Drunkard, and night-scoutinge Theife The itchy Letcher, and selfe-tickling proud 10 Haue the remembrance of past ioyes for releife Of comminge ills: to poore me is allow'd Noe ease, for longe, yet vehement greife hath byn Th' effect and cause, the punishment and sinne. 4· Father, part of his double Interest Vnto thy kingdome, thy sonne giues to me; His ioynture in the knotty Trinity He keepes, and giues me his Death's conquest. This lambe, whose Death with life the world hath blest 5 Was from the worlds beginninge slayne, and he Hath made two Wills; he with the Legacy Of his and thy kingdome doth thy sannes invest. Yet such are thy lawes, that men argue yet Whether a man those statuts can fullfill. 10 None doth: but thy all-healing grace and spirit Reviue and quicken, What lawe and letter kill. Thy lawes abridgement, and thy last command Is all but Laue, Oh let thy last will stand! TEXTS AND ApPARATUSES ...