Ballad on a Wedding
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tell thee, Dick, where I have been,Where I the rarest Things have seen, O, Things without Compare !Such Sights again cannot be foundIn any Place on English Ground,
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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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