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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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"And the sins of the fathers shall be"

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Stephen Crane·1871–1900·literary realism
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And the sins of the fathers shall bevisited upon the heads of the children,even unto the third and fourthgeneration of them that hate me." Well, then I hate thee, unrighteous picture;Wicked image, I hate thee;So, strike with thy vengeanceThe heads of those little menWho come blindly.It will be a brave thing.
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