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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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Confined Love

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John Donne·1572–1631
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ome man unworthy to be possessorOf old or new love, himself being false or weak,Thought his pain and shame would be lesser,If on womankind he might his anger wreak;And thence a law did grow,One might but one man know;But are other creatures so? Are sun, moon, or stars by law forbiddenTo smile where they list, or lend away their light?Are birds divorced or are they chiddenIf they leave their mate, or lie abroad a night?Beasts do no jointures loseThough they new lovers choose;But we are made worse than those. Who e'er rigg'd fair ships to lie in harbours,And not to seek lands, or not to deal with all?Or built fair houses, set trees, and arbours,Only to lock up, or else to let them fall?Good is not good, unlessA thousand it possess,But doth waste with greediness.
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