HE first deceased; she for a little tried
To live without him, liked it not, and died.
SIR JOHN DAVIES
1569-1626
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 ROBERT AYTON
1570-1638