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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 Grandeur of Ghosts

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Siegfried Sassoon·1886–1967
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hen I have heard small talk about great menI light my two candles; climb to bed; thenConsider what was said; and put asideWhat Such-a-one remarked, and Someone-else replied. They have spoken lightly of my deathless friends,(Lamps for my gloom, hands guiding where I stumble,)Quoting, for shallow conversational ends,What Shelley shrilled, what Blake once wildly muttered... How can they use such names and be not humble ?I have sat silent; angry at what they uttered.The dead bequeathed them life; the dead have saidWhat these can only memorise and mumble.
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