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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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Bk. iv. 638 runs thus:--

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Geoffrey Chaucer·1343–1400
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andare answerde, of that be as be may. After Bk. iv. 735, MS. Cm. introduces the following stanza, which, in thepresent text, appears a little later (ll. 750-6) in a slightly alteredform. The salte teris fro_m_ hyre ey[gh]yn tweynOut ran, as scho_ur_ of aprille, ful swythe;Hyre white brest sche bet, and for the peyne,Aftyr the deth cryede a thousent sithe,Syn he that wonyt was hir wo for to lythe,Sche mot forgon; for which disauentureSche held hire-selue a for-lost creature. Bk. iv. 806-33 (four stanzas) are omitted; so also are the 18 stanzasreferring to Free-Will, viz. Bk. iv. 953-1078. Bk. v. 230-1 runs thus:--
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