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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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If a moment's doubt be harbored —

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Henry Howard
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rom the main-top, bold and brief, Came the word of our grand old Chief —" Go on ! " 'twas all he said —Our helm was put to starboard,And the Hartford passed ahead. Ahead lay the Tennessee, On our starboard bow he lay,With his mail-clad consorts three, (The rest had run up the Bay) —There he was, belching flame from his bow,And the steam from his throat's abyssWas a Dragon's maddened hiss —
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