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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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The Laddies by the Banks o' Nith

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Robert Burns·1759–1796·Romanticism
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pistle to Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray, on the close of thedisputed Election between Sir James Johnstone, and Captain Miller, forthe Dumfries district of Boroughs On Captain Grose's Peregrination through Scotland, collecting theAntiquities of that kingdom Written in a wrapper, enclosing a letter to Captain Grose
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