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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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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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banter

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈbæntə/Used In Literature ↓

Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for banter

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The Bloody Brother and The Fair Maid of the Inn, where they began

that admirable banter which the excellent Butler carried on exactly in the

jsame strain, and which, with such a second, has at last drove the bugbears

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