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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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That keeps the time of life with feeble tick

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Siegfried Sassoon·1886–1967
ehind my bleared old face that stares and wonders. It’s queer how, in the dark, comes back to mindSome morning of September. We've been diggingIn a steep, sandy warren, riddled with holes,And I’ve just pulled the terrier out and left A sharp-nosed cub-face blinking there and snapping,2