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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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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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LONDON, 1918.

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Thomas Hardy·1840–1928·naturalism
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IF IT’S EVER SPRING AGAIN”(SONG) IF it’s ever spring again,Spring again,I shall go where went I whenDown the moor-cock splashed, and hen,Seeing me not, amid their flounder,Standing with my arm around her;If it’s ever spring again,Spring again,I shall go where went I then. If it’s ever summer-time,Summer-time,With the hay crop at the prime,And the cuckoos—two—in rhyme,As they used to be, or seemed to,We shall do as long we’ve dreamed to,If it’s ever summer-time,Summer-time,With the hay, and bees achime.
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