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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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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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That Love and Folly were in Hell.

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Sir Philip Sidney·1554–1586
hey break, and Love would Reason meet,But Hate was nimbler on her feet :Fancy looks for Pride and whitherHies, and they two hug together,Yet this new coupling still doth tellThat Love and Folly were in Hell. The rest do break again, and PrideHath now got Reason on her side ;P. 4 B 17