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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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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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LONDON

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Marianne Moore·1887–1972
921 _Several of these poems appeared in_ THE EGOIST;_others in_ THE DIAL, OTHERS _and_ CONTACT. CONTENTS PEDANTIC LITERALIST 5TO A STEAM ROLLER 6DILIGENCE IS TO MAGIC AS PROGRESS IS TO FLIGHT 6THOSE VARIOUS SCALPELS 7FEED ME, ALSO, RIVER GOD, 8TO WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ON TAGORE 8HE MADE THIS SCREEN 9TALISMAN 9BLACK EARTH 10“HE WROTE THE HISTORY BOOK,” IT SAID 12YOU ARE LIKE THE REALISTIC PRODUCT OF AN IDEALISTICSEARCH FOR GOLD AT THE FOOT OF THE RAINBOW 12REINFORCEMENTS 13ROSES ONLY 13IN THIS AGE OF HARD TRYING NONCHALANCE IS GOOD, AND 14THE FISH 14MY APISH COUSINS 16WHEN I BUY PICTURES 17PICKING AND CHOOSING 18ENGLAND 19DOCK RATS 20RADICAL 21POETRY 22IN THE DAYS OF PRISMATIC COLOR 23IS YOUR TOWN NINEVEH? 24