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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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BEN KARSHOOK'S WISDOM 372

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Robert Browning·1812–1889
RAMATIS PERSONÆ.JAMES LEE'S WIFE.I. JAMES LEE'S WIFE SPEAKS AT THE WINDOW 373II. BY THE FIRESIDE 373III. IN THE DOORWAY 373IV. ALONG THE BEACH 374V. ON THE CLIFF 374VI. READING A BOOK, UNDER THE CLIFF 374VII. AMONG THE ROCKS 375VIII. BESIDE THE DRAWING-BOARD 375IX. ON DECK 376GOLD HAIR: A STORY OF PORNIC 376THE WORST OF IT 378DÎS ALITER VISUM; OR, LE BYRON DE NOS JOURS 379TOO LATE 380ABT VOGLER, AFTER HE HAS BEEN EXTEMPORIZING UPON THEMUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF HIS INVENTION 382RABBI BEN EZRA 383A DEATH IN THE DESERT 385CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS; OR, NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THEISLAND 392CONFESSIONS 394MAY AND DEATH 395DEAF AND DUMB: A GROUP BY WOOLNER 395PROSPICE 395EURYDICE TO ORPHEUS: A PICTURE BY LEIGHTON 395YOUTH AND ART 396A FACE 396A LIKENESS 396MR. SLUDGE, "THE MEDIUM" 397APPARENT FAILURE 412EPILOGUE 413 THE RING AND THE BOOK.I. THE RING AND THE BOOK 414II. HALF-ROME 427III. THE OTHER HALF-ROME 441IV. TERTIUM QUID 456V. COUNT GUIDO FRANCESCHINI 471VI. GIUSEPPE CAPONSACCHI 489VII. POMPILIA 508VIII. Dominus Hyacinthus de Archangelis, PauperumProcurator 525IX. JURIS DOCTOR JOHANNES-BAPTISTA BOTTINIUS,FISCI ET REV. CAM. APOSTOL. ADVOCATUS 540X. THE POPE 554XI. GUIDO 572XII. THE BOOK AND THE RING 594