The Mind
Nosce Teipsum: The Power of Will
From Complete Poems, ed. Grosart (1876)
The Mind
And as this wit should goodnesse truely know,
We haue a Will, which that true good should chuse;
Though Wil do oft (when wit false formes doth show)
Take ill for good, and good for ill refuse.
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Davies, John. “Nosce Teipsum: The Power of Will.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/63/.
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Davies, John. “Nosce Teipsum: The Power of Will.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/63/.
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