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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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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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As The Sparrow

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Charles Bukowski·1920–1994·Beat Generation
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o give life you must take life,and as our grief falls flat and hollowupon the billion-blooded sea I pass upon serious inward-breaking shoals rimmedwith white-legged, white-bellied rotting creatureslengthily dead and rioting against surrounding scenes.Dear child, I only did to you what the sparrowdid to you; I am old when it is fashionable to beyoung; I cry when it is fashionable to laugh. I hated you when it would have taken less courageto love.
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