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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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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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A Burnt Ship

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John Donne·1572–1631
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ut of a fired ship, which, by no wayBut drowning, could be rescued from the flame,Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they cameNeere the foes ships, did by their shot decay;So all were lost, which in the ship were found,They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.
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