The Mind

Nosce Teipsum: The Sensitiue Memorie

by Sir John Davies 1569–1626

From Complete Poems, ed. Grosart (1876)

The Mind

Yet alwayes all may not afore her bee;
Successiuely, she this and that intends;
Therefore such formes as she doth cease to see,
To Memorie's large volume shee commends.

The lidger-booke lies in the braine behinde,
Like Ianus' eye, which in his poll was set;
The lay-man's tables, store-house of the mind,
Which doth remember much, and much forget.

Heere Sense's apprehension, end doth take;
As when a stone is into water cast,
One circle doth another circle make,
Till the last circle touch the banke at last.

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Davies, John. “Nosce Teipsum: The Sensitiue Memorie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/55/.

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Davies, John. “Nosce Teipsum: The Sensitiue Memorie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/55/.

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