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.

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,

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.

And for to se, and eek for to be seye.

And for to se, and eek for to be seye.

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 every eye
Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.

And every eye
Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.

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 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.

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.