Songs of Farewell: II. I Know my Soul hath Power to Know all Things

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.