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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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METRIC FIGURE

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William Carlos Williams·1883–1963·Beat Generation
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here is a bird in the poplars!It is the sun!The leaves are little yellow fishswimming in the river.The bird skims above them,day is on his wings.Phœbus!It is he that is makingthe great gleam among the poplars!It is his singingoutshines the noiseof leaves clashing in the wind.
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