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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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THE NUMBERING SYSTEM

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Edmund Spenser·1552–1599
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n the Glossary and Textual Appendix, references to parts of thepoem are given in the condensed form BCN.SN, where B = booknumber (from 1 to 7), CN = canto number (from 01 to 12; canto 00is the proem), and SN = stanza number (from 1 to a maximum of 87;stanza 0 is the argument). If a line within a stanza needs to be specified, it is precededby a colon. Ranges of cantos, stanzas, or lines are indicated bya dash.
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