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The rarer sene, the lesse in mynde,
The lesse in mynde, the lesser payne.
The rarer sene, the lesse in mynde,
The lesse in mynde, the lesser payne.
And finds with keen, discriminating sight,
Black's not so black--nor white so very white.
And finds with keen, discriminating sight,
Black's not so black--nor white so very white.
And every eye
Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.
And every eye
Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.
Then purg'd with euphrasy and rue
The visual nerve, for he had much to see.
Then purg'd with euphrasy and rue
The visual nerve, for he had much to see.
If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into
you.
If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into
you.
He that had neither beene kithe nor kin,
Might have seene a full fayre sight.
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He that had neither beene kithe nor kin,
Might have seene a full fayre sight.
- Thomas Percy,
We see things not as they are but as we are.
We see things not as they are but as we are.
Two men look out through the same bars:
One sees the mud, and one the stars.
Two men look out through the same bars:
One sees the mud, and one the stars.
