Man Poem by Sir John Davies

Man

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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;
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.

Sir John Davies
Saturday, January 4, 2003
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Judith Davies-webb 27 August 2007

This is a very good 17th Century poem written by a contemporary of Francis Bacon and typical of it's time.

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