I know my soul hath power

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 ev'rything;
And, to conclude, I know myself a Man,
Which is a proud and yet a wretched thing.

by Sir John Davies (1569-1626)

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by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "I know my soul hath power", from Songs of Farewell, no. 2.

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