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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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E.E. Cummings·1894–1962·surrealism
orkingman with hand so hairy-sturdyyou may turn O turn that airy hurdysturdygurdybut when will turn backward O backward Time in your no thy flightand make me a child, a pretty dribbling child, a little child. In thy your ear:en amerique on ne boit que de Jingyale.things are going rather kakaover there, over there.yet we scarcely fare much better-- what’s become of (if you please)all the glory that or which was Greeceall the grandjathat was dada? make me a child, stout hurdysturdygurdymanwaiter, make me a child. So this is Paris.i will sit in the corner and drink thinks and think drinks,in memory of the Grand and Old days:of Amy Sandburgof Algernon Carl Swinburned. Waiter a drink waiter two or three drinkswhat’s become of Mæterlinknow that April’s here?(ask the man who owns oneask Dad, He knows). V yonder deadfromtheneckup graduate of asomewhat obscure to be sure university spendsher time looking picturesque under the as it happens quiteerroneous impression that he nascitur