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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 XVIII: Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear

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John Donne·1572–1631
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how me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear.What! is it She, which on the other shoreGoes richly painted? or which, robbed and tore,Laments and mourns in Germany and here?Sleeps she a thousand, then peeps up one year?Is she self-truth and errs? now new, now outwore?Doth she, and did she, and shall she evermoreOn one, on seven, or on no hill appear?Dwells she with us, or like adventuring knightsFirst travail we to seek and then make love?Betray, kind husband, thy spouse to our sights,And let mine amorous soul court thy mild dove,Who is most true and pleasing to thee thenWhen she's embraced and open to most men.
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