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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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Stephen Crane·1871–1900·literary realism
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here was crimson clash of war.Lands turned black and bare;Women wept;Babes ran, wondering.There came one who understood not these things.He said, "Why is this?"Whereupon a million strove to answer him.There was such intricate clamor of tongues,That still the reason was not.
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