All things without, which round about we see,
We seek to know, and how therewith to do;
But that whereby we reason, live, and be,
Within ourselves we strangers are thereto.—“Nosce Teipsum” by Sir John Davies1
NOTES:
1) Sir John Davies, “Nosce Teipsum,” Poetry Foundation, accessed March 15, 2026, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57129/nosce-tiepsum-of-human-knowledge
2) Malcolm Guite, “Week 4: Know Thyself: John Davies and Tennyson,” March 30, 2025, malcolmguite.wordpress.com, accessed March 8, 2026, https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/week-4-know-thyself-john-davies-and-tennyson-10/
3) “A poem for the fourth week of Lent (Laetare Sunday), 2022,” Coffeehouse Junkie, March 27, 2022, accessed February 13, 2026, https://coffeehousejunkie.net/2022/03/27/a-poem-for-the-fourth-week-of-lent-laetare-sunday-2022/
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