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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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LENT.

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Christina Rossetti·1830–1894·Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
t is good to be last not first,Pending the present distress;It is good to hunger and thirst,So it be for righteousness.It is good to spend and be spent,It is good to watch and to pray:Life and Death make a goodly LentSo it leads us to Easter Day.