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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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Oh! I don’t care about the London season!

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Oscar Wilde·1854–1900·Aestheticism
.] AN IDEAL HUSBAND . Nee It is too matrimonial. People are eitherhunting for husbands, or hiding from them.I wanted to meet you. It is quite true. Youknow what a woman’s curiosity is. Almostas great as a man’s! I wanted immensely tomeet you, and .. . to ask you to do something for me.