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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.
We see things not as they are but as we are.
We see things not as they are but as we are.
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.
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.
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.
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 every eye
Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.
And every eye
Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.
