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And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying All we did not know.

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Blake saw a treefull of angels at Peckham Rye,
And his hands could lay hold on the tiger's terrible heart.
Blake knew how deep is Hell, and Heaven how high,
And could build the universe from one tiny part.


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One speck within vast star-space lying Awoke, arose, resumed its clothing, And crawled another day toward dying.

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One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Franz Kafka

William Rose Benét

William Rose Benét

Born: February 2, 1886
Died: May 4, 1950 (aged 64)
Bio: William Rose Benét was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.
Known for:
  1. Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia (1948)
  2. The spirit of the scene
  3. Perpetual Light (1919)
  4. Merchants from Cathay (1913)
  5. The Dust Which Is God (1945)

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