...directing Adam to look forward into coming ages, he first " The film removed Which that false fruit, which promised clearer sight, Had bred ; then purged with...and Rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see." TsTo record remains to tell of the value of Rue to the dimmed eyesight, but the use of Euphrasy is...

...introduces the eye-bright as the plant used by the archangel to remove the film from the eye of Adam : — " Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see." There is no plant more engaging than the eve-bright, and a singularity about it is, that although in...

...Adam's eyes the film remov'd, Which that false fruit that promis'd clearer sight Had bred ; then purg'd pines With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, an ; And from the well of life three drops instill'd. So deep the power of these ingredients pierc'd,...

...Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Geryon's sons Call El Dorado. But to nobler sights Michael from Adam's eyes the film removed, Which that...and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see, And from the well of life three drops instill'd. So deep the power of these ingredients pierced Even...

...guide our first parents' gaze into distant ages : — " The film removed Which that false fruit, which promised clearer sight, Had bred ; then purged with...and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see." The little shining geranium, the dwarf red rattle, the yellow tormentil, and that universal favourite...

...ancient king of Spain. "Which that false fruit, that promis'd clearer sight, Had bred ; then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see ; And from the well of life three drops instill'd. So deep the power of these ingredients pierc'd,...

...Adam's eyes the film remov'd, Which that false fruit that promis'd clearer sight Had bred ; then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see ; 415 And from the well of life three drops instill'd. So deep the power of these ingredients pierc'd,...

...ancient king of Spain. Which that false fruit, that prorais'd clearer sight, Had bred ; then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see ; And from the well of life three drops instill'd. So deep the power of these ingredients pierc'd,...

...unspoiled Guiana, whose great city Geryon's sons 410 Call El Dorado. But, to nobler sights,3 Michacl from Adam's eyes the film removed, Which that false...bred ; then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve,3 for he had much to see ; 415 And from the well of life three drops instilled. So deep the power...

...his Paradise Lost, where he makes the Archangel Michael give it to Adam to improve his vision — " then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see." And Shenstone says — " Yet euphrasy may not be left unsung, That gives dun eyes to wander leagues...