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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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Keep your dead beautiful ladies

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E.E. Cummings·1894–1962·surrealism
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Illustration] This edition of E.E. Cummings’ Puella Mea with reproductions ofdrawings and paintings by Klee is made possible through the kindpermission of Curt Valentin of Buchholz Gallery. The Modigliani drawingis used by the courtesy of his publishers, in Milan, Italy. For thedrawing by Picasso thanks are due to Mary Callery, who consented to itsuse. Kurt Roesch contributed his drawing which is the only illustrationexpressly made for this book when it was decided to have work by othermodern masters in addition to the one drawing by the author himself,which appears on the first text page of his poem.
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