Since I prepare only for what ought to happen to
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he taste of “mine” is not bitter, but it nourishesno one. And if you still find something, you have not losteverything. You still have to lose something.
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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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