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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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204. Song—Love in the Guise of Friendship

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Robert Burns·1759–1796·Romanticism
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OUR friendship much can make me blest, O why that bliss destroy!Why urge the only, one request You know I will deny!  Your thought, if Love must harbour there, Conceal it in that thought;Nor cause me from my bosom tear The very friend I sought.
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