Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy, 625
And in requital ope his leathern [scrip],
And show me [simples of a thousand names],
Telling their strange and vigorous faculties.
Amongst the rest a small unsightly root,
But of divine effect, he culled me out. 630
The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it,
But in another country, as he said,
Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil:
[Unknown, and like esteemed], and the dull swain