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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.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
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.
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.
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 every eye
Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.
And every eye
Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.
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.
For any man with half an eye,
What stands before him may espy;
But optics sharp it read more
For any man with half an eye,
What stands before him may espy;
But optics sharp it needs I ween,
To see what is not to be seen.
