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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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lection

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈlɛkʃən/Used In Literature ↓

The act of reading.

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. lectionday lectionclass lectionlection collection reflection selection antireflection def
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Poetry examples for lection

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

r* Is but to stick, &c.^ — Mr. Seward has in this passage amended the punctuation, which

in the former copies materially injured the sense. The reader is desired to consult the lection

qf the present edition, and note *^ actiii. scene ii, of The Tragedy qfBonduca, vol, it. p. 323-4.

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