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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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IS YOUR TOWN NINEVEH?

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Marianne Moore·1887–1972
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hy so desolate?And why multiplyin phantasmagoria about fishes,what disgusts you? Couldnot all personal upheaval inthe name of freedom, be tabood? Is it Ninevehand are you Jonahin the sweltering east wind of your wishes?I, myself have stoodthere by the aquarium, lookingat the Statue of Liberty. Printed at the Pelican Press, 2 Carmelite Street, E.C.
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