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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 humble happiness endear'd each scene!

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Oliver Goldsmith·1728–1774
ow often have I paused on every charm, The shelter'd cot, the cultivated farm, {009} [Illustration: 0020] The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,