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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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EASTER DAY.

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Christina Rossetti·1830–1894·Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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ords cannot utterChrist His returning:Mankind, keep jubilee,Strip off your mourning,Crown you with garlands,Set your lamps burning. Speech is left speechless;Set you to singing,Fling your hearts open wide,Set your bells ringing:Christ the Chief ReaperComes, His sheaf bringing. Earth wakes her song-birds,Puts on her flowers,Leads out her lambkins,Builds up her bowers:This is man’s spousal day,Christ’s day and ours.
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