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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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SECOND PRIEST. RECITATIVE.

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Oliver Goldsmith·1728–1774
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hy this delay? At length for joy prepare;I read your looks, and see compliance there.Come on, and bid the warbling rapture rise,Our monarch’s fame the noblest theme supplies.Begin, ye captive bands, and strike the lyre, 45The time, the theme, the place, and all conspire.
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