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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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FIGHT TO A FINISH

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Siegfried Sassoon·1886–1967
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he boys came back. Bands played and flags were flying,And Yellow-Pressmen thronged the sunlit streetTo cheer the soldiers who'd refrained from dying,And hear the music of returning feet.Of all the thrills and ardours War has brought,This moment is the finest." (So they thought.) Snapping their bayonets on to charge the mob,Grim Fusiliers broke ranks with glint of steel.At last the boys had found a cushy job.* * * * *I heard the Yellow-Pressmen grunt and squeal;And with my trusty bombers turned and wentTo clear those Junkers out of Parliament.
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