TRANSLATION OF A SOUTH AMERICAN ODE
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N all my Enna’s beauties blest,Amidst profusion still I pine;For though she gives me up her breast,Its panting tenant is not mine.
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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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