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head and rheumy eyes distil in showers
From his divided beard two streams he pours; His head and rheumy eyes distil in showers.
— from Mosaics of Grecian History by Robert Pierpont Wilson

head and rheumy eyes distil in showers
[Pg 74] From his divided beard two streams he pours; His head and rheumy eyes, distil in showers; With rain his robe and heavy mantle flow, And lazy mists are lowring on his brow.
— from The Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes; Vol. 12 (of 18) by John Dryden


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