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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
gain I reply to the triple windsrunning chromatic fifths of derisionoutside my window:Play louder.You will not succeed. I ambound more to my sentencesthe more you batter at meto follow you.And the wind,as before, fingers perfectlyits derisive music.