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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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Break of Day

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John Donne·1572–1631
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TIS true, 'tis day ; what though it be?O, wilt thou therefore rise from me?Why should we rise because 'tis light?Did we lie down because 'twas night?Love, which in spite of darkness brought us hither,Should in despite of light keep us together. Light hath no tongue, but is all eye;If it could speak as well as spy,This were the worst that it could say,That being well I fain would stay,And that I loved my heart and honour soThat I would not from him, that had them, go. Must business thee from hence remove?O ! that's the worst disease of love,The poor, the foul, the false, love canAdmit, but not the busied man.He which hath business, and makes love, doth doSuch wrong, as when a married man doth woo.
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