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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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What Rack can Fancy find so high ?

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Sir Philip Sidney·1554–1586
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ere we must court and here engage ;Though in the other Place we die, Oh, 'tis Torture all, and Cosenage !And which the harder is, I cannot tell,To hide true Love, or make false Love look welL Since it is thus, God of Desire, Give me my Honesty again,And take thy Brands back and thy Fire ; I am weary of the state I am in :Since (if the very best should now befall),Love's Triumph must be Honour's Funeral.II
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