Gateway to the Classics: Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 2 by Arthur Quiller-Couch
 
Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 2 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

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.

— Sir John Davies
1569-1626   


 Table of Contents  |  Index  |  Home  | Previous: Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife  |  Next: To His Forsaken Mistress
Copyright (c) 2005 - 2023   Yesterday's Classics, LLC. All Rights Reserved.