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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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OCCASIONED BY FOUR SATIRICAL VERSES ON WOMEN WITS, IN 'THE RAPE OF THE

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Alexander Pope·1688–1744
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n vain you boast poetic names of yore,And cite those Sapphos we admire no more:Fate doom'd the fall of every female wit;But doom'd it then, when first Ardelia writ.Of all examples by the world confess'd,I knew Ardelia could not quote the best;Who, like her mistress on Britannia's throne,Fights and subdues in quarrels not her own.To write their praise you but in vain essay;E'en while you write, you take that praise away:Light to the stars the sun does thus restore,But shines himself till they are seen no more.
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