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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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ON A BEAUTIFUL YOUTH STRUCK BLIND WITH LIGHTNING

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Oliver Goldsmith·1728–1774
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_Imitated from the Spanish._) SURE ’twas by Providence design’d,Rather in pity, than in hate,That he should be, like Cupid, blind,To save him from Narcissus’ fate.
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