I know my life's a pain and but a span, I know my sense is … - John Davies

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I know my life's a pain and but a span, I know my sense is mocked with everything; And to conclude, I know myself a man, Which is a proud and yet a wretched thing.

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Sir John Davies (baptised 16 April 1569 – 8 December 1626) was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire.

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Wedlock, indeed, hath oft compared been To public feasts, where meet a public rout,—
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