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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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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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And slow to press a beaten fox.

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Siegfried Sassoon·1886–1967
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he Fleece!’Twas the damned Fleece that wore my Emily out,The wife of thirty years who served me well;(Not like this beldam clattering in the kitchen,That never trims a lamp nor sweeps the floor,
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