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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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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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YOUTH'S AGITATIONS

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Matthew Arnold·1822–1888
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hen I shall be divorced, some ten years hence,From this poor present self which I am now;When youth has done its tedious vain expenseOf passions that for ever ebb and flow; Shall I not joy youth's heats are left behind,And breathe more happy in an even clime?--Ah no, for then I shall begin to findA thousand virtues in this hated time! Then I shall wish its agitations back,And all its thwarting currents of desire;Then I shall praise the heat which then I lack,And call this hurrying fever, generous fire;
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