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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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WRITTEN IN BUTLER'S SERMONS

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Matthew Arnold·1822–1888
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ffections, Instincts, Principles, and Powers,Impulse and Reason, Freedom and Control--So men, unravelling God's harmonious whole,Rend in a thousand shreds this life of ours. Vain labour! Deep and broad, where none may see,Spring the foundations of that shadowy throneWhere man's one nature, queen-like, sits alone,Centred in a majestic unity; And rays her powers, like sister-islands seenLinking their coral arms under the sea,Or cluster'd peaks with plunging gulfs between Spann'd by aerial arches all of gold,Whereo'er the chariot wheels of life are roll'dIn cloudy circles to eternity.
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