Man
1569-1626
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.
DayPoems Poem No. 182
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/182.html">Man by Sir John Davies</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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