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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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Matthew Arnold·1822–1888
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O Nightingale! thou surely artA creature of a 'fiery heart':--These notes of thine--they pierce and pierce;Tumultuous harmony and fierce!Thou sing'st as if the god of wineHad helped thee to a Valentine."--WORDSWORTH. =31-32. Eternal passion!Eternal pain!= Compare:-- "Thou warblest sad thy pity-pleading strains."--COLERIDGE, _To a Nightingale_. and "Sweet bird ...Most musical, most melancholy!"--MILTON, _Il Penseroso_. Image the scene in the poem. How does the author secure the properatmosphere for the theme of the poem? Account for the note of triumphin the nightingale's song; note of pain. What is shown by the poet'squestion, ll. 10-15? What new qualities are added to the nightingale'ssong, l. 25? Account for them. Why _eternal_ passion, _eternal_ pain?Do you feel the form of verse used (Pindaric blank) to be adapted tothe theme? [186]
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