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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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EPITAPHS

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Countee Cullen·1903–1946·Harlem Renaissance
OR A POET 45FOR MY GRANDMOTHER 46FOR A CYNIC 47FOR A SINGER 48FOR A VIRGIN 49FOR A LADY I KNOW 50FOR A LOVELY LADY 51FOR AN ATHEIST 52FOR AN EVOLUTIONIST AND HIS OPPONENT 53FOR AN ANARCHIST 54FOR A MAGICIAN 55FOR A PESSIMIST 56FOR A MOUTHY WOMAN 57FOR A PHILOSOPHER 58FOR AN UNSUCCESSFUL SINNER 59FOR A FOOL 60FOR ONE WHO GAYLY SOWED HIS OATS 61FOR A SKEPTIC 62FOR A FATALIST 63FOR DAUGHTERS OF MAGDALEN 64FOR A WANTON 65FOR A PREACHER 66FOR ONE WHO DIED SINGING OF DEATH 67FOR JOHN KEATS, APOSTLE OF BEAUTY 68FOR HAZEL HALL, AMERICAN POET 69FOR PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR 70FOR JOSEPH CONRAD 71FOR MYSELF 72ALL THE DEAD 73 FOR LOVE’S SAKE OH, FOR A LITTLE WHILE BE KIND 77IF YOU SHOULD GO 78TO ONE WHO SAID ME NAY 79ADVICE TO YOUTH 80CAPRICE 81SACRAMENT 82BREAD AND WINE 83SPRING REMINISCENCE 84