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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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Lan. Look where the sister of the king of France

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Christopher Marlowe·1564–1593·English Renaissance theatre
ar. The king, I fear, hath ill-entreated her. 190 Pern, Hard is the heart that injures such a saint. Y, Mor. I know 'tis 'long of Gaveston she weeps. E. Mor. Why, he is gone. Y. Mor. Madam, how fares your grace? Queen. Ah, Mortimer! now breaks the king's hate 195forth.And he confesseth that he loves me not. Y. Mor. Cry quittance, madam, then; and lovenot him. Queen. No, rather will I die a thousand deaths:And yet 1 love in vain — he'll ne'er love me. Lan. Fear ye not, madam; now his minion's gone, 200His wanton humour will be quickly left. Queen. Oh never, Lancaster! I am enjoinedTo sue unto you all for his repeal;This wills my lord, and this must I perform, 191. to entreat has here the 192. ^long = along; similar sense of the simple to treat, shortened forms are collected as is often the case in the by Abbott, Shakespearian old writers. Spenser e. g* Grammar § 184. See also M. F. Q. IV 10, 10 and all the U 321. twenty I likewise entreated 197. en/ quittance, declare (viz. unhorsing them and that you owe him your duty leaving them upon the plain), no longer, acquittance is the