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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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Nothing that is complete breathes.

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W.S. Merwin·1927–2019
great deal that I no longer continue, withinmyself, continues there on its own. Yes, they are mistaken, because they do not know.And if they knew . . . Nothing. They would not evenbe mistaken, 44 Everything is like the rivers: the work of the slopes.