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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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THEIR FRAILTY

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Siegfried Sassoon·1886–1967
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e's got a Blighty wound. He's safe; and thenWar's fine and bold and bright.She can forget the doomed and prisoned menWho agonize and fight. He's back in France. She loathes the listless strainAnd peril of his plight.Beseeching Heaven to send him home again,She prays for peace each night. Husbands and sons and lovers; everywhereThey die; War bleeds us white.Mothers and wives and sweethearts,--they don't careSo long as He's all right.
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