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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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William Carlos Williams·1883–1963·Beat Generation
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t is not that--it is you,you I want! --God, if I could fathomthe guts of shadows! You to come with mepoking into negro houseswith their gloom and smell!In among childrenleaping around a dead dog!Mimickingonto the lawns of the rich!You!to go with me a-tip-toe,head down under heaven,nostrils lipping the wind!
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