The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) / Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts - John Donne

I had all Argus eyes

or else y^e eare〈s〉 of fame.

〈O Eyes!〉 Ed: no title and no punctuation, Bur

12 eare〈s〉 Ed: eare Bur:

Cui, quot sunt corpore plumae,

Tot vigiles oculi subter, mirabile dictu,

Tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit auris.

Virgil: Aen. iv. 181-3.