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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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391. Ne trust no wight to finden in Fortune

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Geoffrey Chaucer·1343–1400
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481-2. (Repeated from Book III. 1625-8. But, this time, it is copied fromthe _Filostrato_, Bk. iv. st. 56). 503. For sely is that deeth, soth for to seyne,That, oft y-cleped, comth and endeth peyne.B. i. met. 1. 12-14. *835. And alle worldly blisse, as thinketh me,The ende of blisse ay sorwe it occupyeth.B. ii. pr. 4. 90. (A very doubtful instance; for l. 836 is precisely the same as Prov. xiv.13. The word _occupyeth_ is decisive; see my note to Cant. Ta. B 421). 958; 963-6. (Predestination).--B. v. pr. 2. 30-34. 974-1078. (Necessity and Free Will).--B. v. pr. 3. 7-19; 21-71. *1587. ... thenk that lord is heOf Fortune ay, that nought wol of hir recche;And she ne daunteth no wight but a wrecche.B. ii. pr. 4. 98-101. (But note that l. 1589 really translates two lines in the _Filostrato_, Bk.iv. st. 154). TROILUS: BOOK V.
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