Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Sir John Davies. 15691626181. Man
I KNOW my soul hath power to know all things, | |
Yet she is blind and ignorant in all: | |
I know I’m one of Nature’s little kings, | |
Yet to the least and vilest things am thrall. | |
I know my life ‘s a pain and but a span; | 5 |
I know my sense is mock’d in everything; | |
And, to conclude, I know myself a Man— | |
Which is a proud and yet a wretched thing. |