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A Public Service Announcement
It has come to my attention that there is some confusion about what consitutes the Seven Deadly Sins. (Personally, I think they should be the Seven Naughty Misdemeanors, but it's not up to me.)
Not in any particular order, they are: Pride; Anger; Lust; Envy; Gluttony; Avarice; Sloth.
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Wilt thou forgive that sin, where I begun,
which is my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt thou forgive those sins through which I run,
and do run still, though still I do deplore?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
for I have more.
Wilt thou forgive that sin, by which I won
others to sin, and made my sin their door?
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun
a year or two, but wallowed 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;
swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son
shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore.
And having done that, thou hast done,
I fear no more.
John Donne (1573 - 1631)
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