Careful Words

unseen (n.)

unseen (adj.)

Full many a gem of purest ray serene

The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear;

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,

And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 14.

Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth

Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book iv. Line 677.