The Mind

Nosce Teipsum: Reason II: Drawn from the Motion of the Soule

by Sir John Davies 1569–1626

From Complete Poems, ed. Grosart (1876)

The Mind

Againe how can shee but immortall bee?
When with the motions of both Will and Wit,
She still aspireth to eternitie,
And neuer rests, till she attaine to it?

Water in conduit pipes, can rise no higher
Then the wel-head, from whence it first doth spring:
Then sith to eternall GOD shee doth aspire,
Shee cannot be but an eternall thing.

"All mouing things to other things doe moue,
"Of the same kind, which shews their nature such;
So earth falls downe and fire doth mount aboue,
Till both their proper elements doe touch.

MLA

Davies, John. “Nosce Teipsum: Reason II: Drawn from the Motion of the Soule.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/69/.

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Davies, John. “Nosce Teipsum: Reason II: Drawn from the Motion of the Soule.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/69/.

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