Poem by John Davies

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; 
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.

1. On a Pair of Garters
2. Of Humane Knowledge
3. The Dignity of Man

Florence Coates Man ("I was born as free as the silvery light")

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