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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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WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAID

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Siegfried Sassoon·1886–1967
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've had a good bump round; my little horseRefused the brook first time,Then jumped it prime;And ran out at the double,But of courseThere's always trouble at a double:And then--I don't know howIt was--he turned it upAt that big, hairy fence before the plough;And some young silly pup,(I don't know which),Near as a toucher knocked me into the ditch;But we finished full of running, and quite sound:And anyhow I've had a good bump round.
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