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Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

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Witchcraft by a Picture

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John Donne·1572–1631
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FIX mine eye on thine, and therePity my picture burning in thine eye;My picture drown'd in a transparent tear,When I look lower I espy;Hadst thou the wicked skillBy pictures made and marr'd, to kill,How many ways mightst thou perform thy will? But now I've drunk thy sweet salt tears,And though thou pour more, I'll depart;My picture vanished, vanish all fearsThat I can be endamaged by that art;Though thou retain of meOne picture more, yet that will be,Being in thine own heart, from all malice free.
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