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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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ASTROPHEL AND STELLA.

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Sir Philip Sidney·1554–1586
 UYi^k -ii ' '-^ fi-' '*'- It is most true that eyes are form'd to serve "^ . "" ' .j y. ~ The inward light, and that t he heav enly part O ught to b e King, from whose rules who do swerve, Rebels to nature, strive for their owne smart. '''k''^^*^h >y' ^^^^ ♦- It ia most true, what we call Cupid's dart An image is, which for ourselves we carve, And, fooles, a ^ore in temple qf our hart, ■ : .i; Till that ^ood god make church and churchmen starv< True, that t rue bea utie vertue is indeed, '"V | '^'' n<^' j.:o...i Whereof this beautie can be but a shade, ^\ ^ , . , ■ / Which, elements with mortall mixture breed^-j True, that on earth we are but pilgrims made,* • fur. ju <i . And should in soule up to our countrey move : . .;-"*'=• - • True, and yet true— that I must Stella love. v , ''\ . ,,