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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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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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XXVIII

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ou twain fate spared not half your fiery span;The longer date fulfils the lesser man.Ye from beyond the dark dividing dateStand smiling, crowned as gods with foot on fate.For stronger was your blessing than his ban,And earliest whom he struck, he struck too late.