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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
DE othe sweet & aged peoplewho rule this world(and me andyou if we’re not verycareful) O,the darling benevolent mindlessHe--and She--shaped waxworks filledwith dead ideas(the oh quintillions of incredibledodderingly godly toothlessalways-so-much-interested-in-everybody-else’s-business bipeds)OHthe botheringdear unnecessary hairlessold