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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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WRITTEN IN RIDICULE OF CERTAIN POEMS PUBLISHED

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Thomas Gray·1716–1771
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heresoe'er I turn my view,All is strange, yet nothing new;Endless labour all along,Endless labour to be wrong;Phrase that time has flung away,Uncouth words in disarray,Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet,Ode, and elegy, and sonnet. * * * * *
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