Careful Words

rue (n.)

rue (v.)

rue (adv.)

rue (adj.)

Then purg'd with euphrasy and rue

The visual nerve, for he had much to see.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book xi. Line 414.

Come the three corners of the world in arms,

And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue,

If England to itself do rest but true.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act v. Sc. 7.

  You must wear your rue with a difference. There's a daisy; I would give you some violets, but they withered.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act iv. Sc. 5.