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.

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.

See and to be seen.

See and to be seen.

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.

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.

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.)

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

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

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.