MAN

by: John Davies (1569-1626)

      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;
      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.

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