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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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heightened

Part of SpeechverbUsed In Literature ↓

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

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awareness heightenedsense heightened. heightenedsensitivity heightened
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Poetry examples for heightened

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

could occupy his enforced leisure by "writing something on the subject

of Dante" (_ibid_., p. 402). A heightened interest born of fuller

knowledge, in Italian literature and Italian politics, lent zest to this

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