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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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Holy Sonnet X: Death Be Not Proud

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John Donne·1572–1631
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eath, be not proud, though some have callèd theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrowDie not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep, which yet thy pictures be,Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must lowAnd soonest our best men with thee do go,Rest of their bones and soul's delivery.Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate menAnd dost with poison, war and sickness dwell,And poppy or charms can make us sleep as wellAnd better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then ?One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
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