Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings: I know my soul hath power to know all things

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I know my soul hath power (1916)

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.

Words: John Davies (1569–1626)
Music: C. Hubert. H. Parry (1848–1918)