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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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WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK.

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Christina Rossetti·1830–1894·Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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an’s life is death. Yet Christ endured to live,Preaching and teaching, toiling to and fro,Few men accepting what He yearned to give,Few men with eyes to knowHis Face, that Face of Love He stooped to show. Man’s death is life. For Christ endured to dieIn slow unuttered weariness of pain,A curse and an astonishment, passed by,Pointed at, mocked againBy men for whom He shed His Blood—in vain?
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