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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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E.E. Cummings·1894–1962·surrealism
ponder,darling,these busted statuesof yon motheaten forum be awarenotice what hath remained--the stone cringesclinging to the stone,how obsolete lips utter their extant smile. . . .remark a few deleted of textureor meaning monuments and dolls resist Them Greediest Paws of carefultime all of which is extremelyunimportant)whereas Life matters if or when the your- and my-idle vertical worthlessself unite in a peculiarlymomentary partnership(to instigateconstructiveHorizontalbusiness. . . .even so,let us make haste--consider well this ruined aqueduct lady,which used to lead something into somewhere)