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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.
The age, wherein he lived was dark; but he
Could not want sight, who taught the world to see.
The age, wherein he lived was dark; but he
Could not want sight, who taught the world to see.
A monster frightful, formless, immense, with sight removed.
[Lat., Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.]
A monster frightful, formless, immense, with sight removed.
[Lat., Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.]
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
We see things not as they are but as we are.
We see things not as they are but as we are.
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.
For sight is woman-like and shuns the old.
(Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,
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For sight is woman-like and shuns the old.
(Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,
Who backwards looks.)
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.
