Wilt thou forgive that sin, where I begun, Which is my sin, though it was done before? Wilt thou forgive those sins through which I run And do them still, though still I do deplore? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.

-Donne,John
c.1623  'Hymn to God the Father'.

Hislife was oneround of activity which hehimself might deplore but was powerless to prevent.

-Leacock, Stephen Butler
  Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town,'The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone'.

Deplore what is to be deplored, and then find out the rest.

-Morgan, Edwin George
  'King Billy'.