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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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The corner of a great rain

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William Carlos Williams·1883–1963·Beat Generation
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go back and forth nowAnd the little leaves follow meTalking of the great rain,Of branches broken,And the farmer's curses! But I go back and forthIn this corner of a gardenAnd the green shoots follow mePraising the great rain. We are not curst together,The leaves and I,Framing devices, flower devicesAnd other ways of peoplingThe barren country.
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