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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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THE LEGENDE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED

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Edmund Spenser·1552–1599
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* * * *I Lo I the man,[*] whose Muse whilome did maske,As time her taught, in lowly Shepheards weeds,Am now enforst a far unfitter taske,For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds,And sing of Knights and Ladies[*] gentle deeds; 5Whose prayses having slept in silence long,Me, all too meane, the sacred Muse areedsTo blazon broade emongst her learned throng:Fierce warres and faithfull loves shall moralize my song.
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