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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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90. Lyke-wake: watching by the remains of the dead; from

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Geoffrey Chaucer·1343–1400
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1. Chaucer here borrows from Boethius, who says:“Hanc rerum seriem ligat,Terras ac pelagus regens,Et coelo imperitans, amor.”(Love ties these things together: the earth, and the ruling sea,and the imperial heavens) THE MILLER’S TALE.
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