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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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Where at each step the stranger fears to wake

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Oliver Goldsmith·1728–1774
he rattling terrors of the vengeful snake; [Illustration: 0079] Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies,