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hen thy inconsiderate handFlings ope this casement, with my trembling name,To looke on one, whose wit or land, 45New battry to thy heart may frame,Then thinke this name alive, and that thou thusIn it offendst my Genius.
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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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