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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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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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XXXI.

16 lines
Edmund Spenser·1552–1599
hence turning backe in silence softethey stole,And brought the heavy corse with easyaceTo pe gulfe of deepe Avernus hole.By that same hole an entraunce, darkeand bace,With smoake and sulphur hiding all theplace,Descends to hell: there creature neverast,That bau retourned without heavenlygrace ; 46 But dreadfull Furies, which their chaineshave brast,