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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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HERO

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William Carlos Williams·1883–1963·Beat Generation
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ool,put your adventuresinto those thingswhich break ships--not female flesh. Let there passover the mindthe waters offour oceans, the airsof four skies! Return hollow-bellied,keen-eyed, hard!A simple scar or two.
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